You can call me Liam if you like...
So far I'm pleased with Emmett's school. He's had some behavioral issues and the school went about forming a pseudo committee figure out exactly what the best course of action is.
Sorry I'm used to people wanting to keep their real names out. I only use Juli's because that was her screen name before.
Did you know in Fairfax County (this is more in regards to high school) that if a child is caught in a fight the teacher is not allowed to touch any student (meaning the only people that can break up a fight are students themselves)
I think the rules regarding school staff and conduct with students are way too strict.
I'm not a parent either, although I would very much like to be. I agree with April. Suddenly we've all become sissies and think that children need to be coddled. My parents would certainly have supported the school's decision to paddle me for acting out consistently. Consequently I did not. My sister's an elementary school teacher in Fairfax County, VA and I know she wishes there were some bigger consequences for kids to face than having to go sit in a corner for a little while. More and more parents are not disciplining their children effectively and classrooms are disrupted more often. This is causing the quality of education to drop considerably since teachers have to spend more and more time on disruptive behavior. When I was in elementary school it would not have occurred to me to get up during a lesson and run around the room or chat with my neighbor during instruction time for fear of the consequences that certainly included the possibility of paddling. Now children think nothing of this behavior. The threat is enough I think, of course it needs to be a real threat so I suppose it has to happen in clearly defined cases. I also know that my parents knew and trusted the school teachers and administrators when I was growing up. I don't think they would have sent me to the schools I went to if that were not the case. I'm not saying all parents are bad, but we live in a culture now where every kid gets a trophy regardless of whether they suck or not and most children believe there aren't serious consequences for their actions because they never encounter more than a "time out" for bad behavior. 6-10 minutes sitting in a chair in the corner hardly seems like a deterrent to me. Public schools today have few options. I feel for them.
Just so people are aware. I'm not against corporal punishment for my child, I'm against others deciding what actions do and do not deserve corporal punishment for my child.
We always agree.
Children are like puppies. You must be consistent with discipline and it must be immediate upon the wrongful action. Waiting until they get home to their parents is not going to fix the problem because by then the kids feel they got away with it for so many hours.
Then you must be doing something really bad to him at home.It's worked for my child so far, so I have to disagree with you due to experience.
Then you must be doing something really bad to him at home.
Yes, because you know so much about parenting..
We always agree.
Children are like puppies. You must be consistent with discipline and it must be immediate upon the wrongful action. Waiting until they get home to their parents is not going to fix the problem because by then the kids feel they got away with it for so many hours.
We always agree.
Children are like puppies. You must be consistent with discipline and it must be immediate upon the wrongful action. Waiting until they get home to their parents is not going to fix the problem because by then the kids feel they got away with it for so many hours.