You take the kid aside, scold it, and tell the child that it will be punished worse if you ever find out that it's using bad language at a teacher ever again.

Depending upon the age of the child would certainly affect the action taken. If they are old enough to know better, than they definitely need a lesson in manners. They need to understand that regardless of their dissatisfaction with their teacher, they need to respect them and show that respect by having an appropriate discussion as to why they were upset with them. A written apology or helping in the classroom for detention a few days after school, may be a good place to start. But threatening them, teaches them nothing. Children learn through actions, and their ill actions will have consequences.With a younger child, they need to be taught a lesson as well, but on a much more naive scale. What is the bad word? If it is an obsenity, then there needs to be a lesson on "bad words". I hate to say this but as a child, I had my mouth washed out, and it only had to happen once. if the child is much older, there may be a larger underlying conflict that needs to be addressed. Perhaps a meeting with student, parent, teacher and guidance counselor would be in order.

There are two sides to every story and the teacher's version may not be correct or may be misinterpreted. There are some teachers that believe they are always right no matter what happened. Normally, I would not condone disrespectful behavior; however, I would need to know what happened more than the child said a bad word. I would sit down with my child and find out what happened from his or her side of the story. Maybe the teacher was acting badly (it is known to happen), or it could have been my child. If I knew any other parents in the class, I would call them to see if their child was present and ask them what happened. Then I would make an appointment with the teacher, and make sure my child and an administrator were present. Once I had a better idea what had happened could I then decide the appropriate action to take.

Besides that, teachers do not have the authority to suspend kids. The teacher would have to take it to an administrator, and then the administrator could decide. But I would still want all the facts first as schools most often take the teacher's side, regardless of who was in the wrong.

Well, here a teacher does not have the authority to do suspend a child only the principal have that right, well of course the vice principals in high school. I have never had a problem with my kids swearing in school, or had one threatened with suspension until this year.

My son who is in his senior year refused to turn off his cell phone back in October. His reasoning was if I needed him after I had my heart attacks I could not reach him. I could have and would have called the office thou. The Vice principal told him to turn off the cell and give it to him or face disciplinary action. My son said no to both, so the VP gave him three days suspension.

I understand why my son would not give up what he felt was his only link to me, its been just the kids and I for so long. How can I punish that one? I told him I understood, but it should not happen again. Each case of threatened suspension needs to be examined closely no matter the age of the child.