Yep, I couldn't agree more. As I've stated before after we first moved in our neighborhood our neighbors boys would do stuff like this to our girls. I stopped letting those boys in my yard or around my girls. I know they were imitating their parents, but I didn't have any control over that part, so I took control of things within my limits. Like those boys would hit my girls, so I let my girls pop them in their noses and that stopped, but then the words continued, so I had to put my foot down and stop contact between the kids. Now their house is on the market and the Mom/Dad are getting a divorce, along with both the kids being on ADD meds. Although my girls have nothing to do with them, I'll be glad when they move. :lol:
The way a kid acts, good or bad, is a reflection of their parents (mostly) and their peers. So that makes my job as a parent even harder. Just for example, yesterday, the entire 5th grade was treated to the NC Symphony and they traveled by buses to Raleigh for concert and lunch. Well my boys come home (and LC's and TH's) with having to write an apology letter to the teachers, because, some kids slept during the symphony (which is beyond RUDE) and while at Pullen Park for lunch, 3 or 4 were running around acting like they have never been in public before....they have no 'home training', plain and simple. I think it's complete CRAP that my kids, who have manners (90% of the time) are being punished because of a handful of kids being disrespectful and out of control. I blame their parents.
thats not fair to the kids that actually listened and did what they where suppose to... I agree alot is on the parents and unsupervised TV I think talking to the kids about what they see in the key in them understanding what is real and not real and what is accepted and not accepted..
Yes my daughter went too, but a different school WCES. Although her class didn't get into trouble, I know what you mean. She often comes home saying they had a silent lunch or had to walk some laps, due to a boy named "Justin" in her class. This boy was in her class last year, and said some pretty vulgar things to her (sexual things) last year, so I had to deal with him then (thank gosh the teacher handled it appropriately). Simply put, this one boy is "trouble" and if he can't behave, they need to pull him out of class and let his parents worry him. The well behaved children shouldn't suffer, because of the uncontrollable child in their class.
I agree, it was not fair that mine had to be punished too. One of the teacher's said, "well the good ones should have tried harder to tell the bad ones to do better, the good one's should have been a better influence".....:shock: :roll:
like being a parent isn't hard enough, now my kids are expected to make others 'be good'.....:roll: go to be kidding me......
Yup... DS1's teacher moved him to a different table in art yesterday, She wanted to split up 2 girls that he said were 'fighting'. :roll: She should have moved the girls! to the hall way or better yet, the principle's office.
My little 5th grader told me he was being good. Well I emailed the teacher this morning to find out. I want to praise him if he was but if he wasn't he needs to be punished.
