An article in the December 15, 2003, issue of "Time" magazine--"Does Kindergarten Need Cops?"--described what it called an "alarming trend" of violence, profanity and "other outrageous acts" by children in kindergarten and first grade. The article, based on a regional study conducted by Partnership for Children in the Fort Worth (TX) area in 2003, was probably received with shocked surprise by most non-educators. But in the "Time" article, Ronald Stevens, director of the National School Safety Center in Westlake Village (California), supports the findings. "Violence," he indicated, is a national trend and "it's getting younger and younger." This is not the case, however, in the Edna C. Stevens School (grades pre-K through 4) in Cromwell, Connecticut. where expectations of good behavior are well understood by parents, which eliminates a great deal of the discipline problems. This article describes how the teachers and parents work as a team to prepare the students, both academically and socially, to be cooperative, respectful, and responsible.