Parents, control your kids and stop getting mad at teachers for telling you that your child needs to be disciplined. The teacher is right, especially when they initiate contact for support. Why would a teacher reach out to you, if they in fact are causing the problem? They're asking for help. And don't get me wrong, I am all for backing up your child if in fact the teacher is mistreating them or being unfair, but you're doing your child a disservice when siding with them for bad behavior.
When teachers are unable to teach because a child is a non-stop distraction in class and coaches can't yell at your kid because he's too delicate and it hurts his feelings, then we have failed as parents and are creating the wimps of the world. Students should not be able to curse out any adult or assault them without repercussion. And school administrations in the litigious country we live in should stop punishing teachers for defending themselves. No wonder there is such a shortage of them. At what point did today's kids become worse than yesterday's?
It's midnight, and 20 busloads of highschoolers are running through the halls of our hotel, jumping and bouncing above the heads of all other occupants. When I was an athlete, traveling was a privilege. We were thrilled about the opportunity to leave town and stay overnight, so never would we want to ruin the opportunity by not following rules. If we even dreamed of leaving our rooms, let alone made a peep after curfew, coaches wreaked havoc on our butts, parents would be called, and we knew there would be severe punishment. Respect no longer seems to be a priority. Parents don't stand by authority rather their disrespectful kids' word. And although kids will be kids, they are kids and should respect adults, rules and regulations. At some point, every parent experiences the feeling of not knowing what to do when you've tried everything to encourage good behavior. Trying to punish children into good behavior does not always work, but you can require them to practice better behavior. Being a part of a sports team, band, or debate team, etc. is a privilege. Consequences used to encourage time-specific behavior helps change bad behaviors. Children crave structure, even though they deny it. Later in life - as I'm sure we as adults can attest - we appreciated the effective consequences and boundaries set by adults. Adults made us who we are today. Let's try to steer today's kids toward better behaviors by teaching them respect and disciplining their negative behaviors. After all, the time you spend with children when they are little, is the time they spend with you when you're old. Make it quality time.
-Leslie Osmond
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