So true PP. So many parents just tell us to leave them alone. They want babysitting. |
I also disagree with this. Some people have no interest in parenting their kids. Other parents who “say they care” are doing a HORRIBLE job. I literally had a parent tell me today that he can’t make the child go to school. The child goes to different places to hangout during the day in public places. Like, um excuse me?? We need to bring back truancy court and fine parents for allowing kids to do this (and I am NOT talking about excused absences—that’s entirely different). Also, where are all the police officers who are in the community? Don’t they see kids skipping? America’s attitude on education is so laughable. Other countries would never tolerate this. |
Spoken like someone who's never parented a difficult child. Mcps spends a good deal of time teaching kids from elementary age that they should call the police if their parents are mean to them and then you want them to turn around and call the police on the parent for not forcing their student to go to school.? This is a problem with society tying parents hands and telling them how to parent instead of budding out and allowing parents to do their jobs. If that father was allowed to use corporal punishment even once, his kid would be where he's supposed to be. Society took away that which worked for hundreds of generations and replaced it with zip. These are the consequences. And yeah I know people with compliant children don't understand. |
I wonder about this too. My kids at WJ are frequently reported as absent when I know they were in school at every class. They might have been late to class or the teacher messed up taking attendance. Sometimes I fill out an attendance form so it is excused and sometimes I forget to. |
Corporal punishment is still allowed as long as it doesn’t leave visible marks. That’s what CPS told me.
- a teacher |
A few years ago Maryland decided kids couldn’t drop out of school until they were 18. So this is what we get instead. It’s like “quiet quitting.” |
Caning the feet works best. No bruises. Also kneeling on concrete. Or cleaning the floor with a rag Cinderella style. /s |
Perhaps, but the statistics today are more that every kid has about ten days of absences baked into the year because of covid is still a thing. |
LOL sure they do! |
Yep. Just gotta beat some sense into 'em. |