Would you ground your kids if they skip schoool?

[Anonymous]

100+ of students in MCPS skipped school today and went to the mall. AS A Parent would you ground your kid for skipping school?

[Anonymous]

Are you talking about the protesters?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you talking about the protesters?

yes I am talking about the Riots/Protest

[Anonymous]

I am a lifelong Dem and was an ardent Hillary supporter. My child would be grounded in a heartbeat for skipping school, regardless of the reason.
There are plenty of ways for minors to learn about and participate in the political process. In my opinion, skipping school is NOT one of them.

[Anonymous]

What about all those kids who did sit ins in college in the 60s? What about them? If my kid told me they were going to skip to protest and why they were doing it and why it was important to them I wouldnt ground them.

[Anonymous]

"Skipped school to go to the mall" is not exactly accurate, OP.

Would I ground my kid if they skipped school to go to the mall on any given Tuesday? Probably.

To protest...and then they ended up at a mall because they're 15 and don't totally get the whole thing? No freaking way. Good for these kids!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about all those kids who did sit ins in college in the 60s? What about them? If my kid told me they were going to skip to protest and why they were doing it and why it was important to them I wouldnt ground them.

If they are in college, they are adults. A high schooler isn't an adult. Yes, they'd be grounded.

[Anonymous]

My kid would have had my permission to go. Fwiw, I would also give my permission if things had gone the other way and he was protesting Clinton. Given the level of political apathy among the millennial (damn you, nonvoters) I would be thrilled about him being enthusiastic and involved in politics. Skipping school to hang out with a boy/girlfriend or just hanging out is completely different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you talking about the protesters?

yes I am talking about the Riots/Protest

"Riot" and "protest" are not interchangeable words. The kids did not riot during their walk-out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about all those kids who did sit ins in college in the 60s? What about them? If my kid told me they were going to skip to protest and why they were doing it and why it was important to them I wouldnt ground them.

If they are in college, they are adults. A high schooler isn't an adult. Yes, they'd be grounded.

+1

My child would be grounded for sure. They can go off and protest in college, but as soon as their grades go below a B, they pay for it 100% or drop out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid would have had my permission to go. Fwiw, I would also give my permission if things had gone the other way and he was protesting Clinton. Given the level of political apathy among the millennial (damn you, nonvoters) I would be thrilled about him being enthusiastic and involved in politics. Skipping school to hang out with a boy/girlfriend or just hanging out is completely different.

You do realize they all just skipped school and walked around. It isn't like this was actually well executed. They blocked traffic, they pulled police off of their regular duty and more had to be called in. But I did hear because these 100 kids "protested" that Trump said he would step down now. Oh wait.... nothing has changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Skipped school to go to the mall" is not exactly accurate, OP.

Would I ground my kid if they skipped school to go to the mall on any given Tuesday? Probably.

To protest...and then they ended up at a mall because they're 15 and don't totally get the whole thing? No freaking way. Good for these kids!

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid would have had my permission to go. Fwiw, I would also give my permission if things had gone the other way and he was protesting Clinton. Given the level of political apathy among the millennial (damn you, nonvoters) I would be thrilled about him being enthusiastic and involved in politics. Skipping school to hang out with a boy/girlfriend or just hanging out is completely different.

You do realize they all just skipped school and walked around. It isn't like this was actually well executed. They blocked traffic, they pulled police off of their regular duty and more had to be called in. But I did hear because these 100 kids "protested" that Trump said he would step down now. Oh wait.... nothing has changed.

It was about 1,000 kids. That's over a third of the Blair student body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:100+ of students in MCPS skipped school today and went to the mall. AS A Parent would you ground your kid for skipping school?

You'd better believe it.

[Anonymous]

I encourage my kids to skip school once per semester, either to do something interesting or to take a break if needed (not to sit at home watching tv or playing video games). I am not raising rule following sheep.

I would be mad if they lied to me.

If my kids marched with the Blair kids I would reward them.