[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...hmmm, I just don't see it as emulating something that is 'typical' to a sport though or justifying it because of what Soarez does..a wrestler wrestles...a footballer doesn't typically bite because on any level, biting is not 'normal' or acceptable behaviour beyond a child teething and whether there was a fault with the parents or not I can't see anything but an exclusion being the result of what he did...if he's facing a possible permanent one then this can't be the only incident and there must be other behaviour problems which have probably been on going, hence the final warning...

..the fault that I do see with the parents is that they seem to be looking more at 'blame' than addressing the behaviour issues of their child....

It isn't typical to footballers but Suarez is this kids hero. He always pretends to be him. It's been all over the news, papers, internet etc what Suarez has done so it would be easy for the child to emulate. As you said in an earlier post, it's in the Sun and so not the most reliable if media outlets anyway and so it doesn't explain what kind if expulsion he has been threatened with. I find it hard to lay blame on the parents for his actions really. They are guilty of putting it in the public domain but how many kids are told things are wrong by their parents but do it anyway. I was told time and time again not to throw stones in the garden, punished, threatened etc but I still did it. My parents were bloody fantastic but it was they couldn't watch me all the time. Kids are wilful and disobedient at times....they learn by mistakes and teachings from grown ups...I'm sure after this the child will hopefully have learned a very tough lesson.