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Originally Posted by andyl
There's restraint and there's restraint
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Exactly, is your definition the same as the courts. If you lay your hands on somebody, forcebly grip or grab them, causing harm - That is assault.
Now before we veer off on tangent.
My point was that Teachers will be given the power to use reasonable force to restrain a child in class. The level of restraint could be taken assault. But teachers wont be prosecuted for it.
However if a parent used the same level as force they could be.
Which was the meaning of that line in my opening post