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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former middle school teacher here: They are fighting about anything, everything and most times nothing that would warrant a fight. Lack of communication skills and increase of technology use are a huge problem with adolescents due to lockdown. Most of those issues were around before lockdown but increased drastically because of lockdown. Kids don’t know how to talk to each other to solve an issue. They are quick to post something online but not solve a problem they may have with a friend. Also there is a big mob mentality as well. Putting on a show for everyone to video tape it or talk about it.[/quote]
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Another MS teacher here. It’s almost always over what adults would consider “nothing”. But for the kids, at some point they lose their ability to self-regulate and some end up in a fight. Think toddler tantrum - same basic problem. Worst fight I ever had in my room was between two friends sitting next to each other. Kid A had been bugging kid B all day about something stupid and continued during my class. Kid B suddenly lost it and landed a solid fist to kid A’s nose. Kid A ran for his life around the room, blood streaming, with kid B in hot pursuit and raging angry. I managed to get between them and break it up. But wow, it was quite the scene. Did it sound horrific to other parents? I’m sure. Was it? Not at all. (And yes, afterwards I thought it was funny and kid A learned a lesson.)[/quote]

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