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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can’t speak to your particular school, but sadly these rules tend to happen because many kids massively misbehave. So it’s possible that kids playing touch football ended up getting in fights, or kids at lunch tables ended up shouting and throwing food. People think they know their kids but they can’t imagine how they act in large groups.[/quote]

This. I did lunch duty before and after Covid and the difference is huge. Kids do not care about respecting the adults in charge of them anymore and there are no repercussions allowed at school and nothing being done at home. The number of kids who can't sit down for the 20 minutes they get to eat and get up repeatedly despite being asked to sit is astounding. They make a huge mess and are shocked when we point it out and ask them to clean up.

I agree school isn't as fun anymore, but part of that is the shift in parenting....it may be easier for you in the moment to let things slide instead of being consistent about behavior, or giving your kids a screen instead of teaching them that being bored at the store or in a restaurant is okay and they can still behave, but long term? It's messing up your kids and a lot of others as well. [/quote]
+1 That’s a great observation. My DH is surprised by how many parents let their kids behave so wildly, and apparently for years they have been mistreating a specials teacher they didn’t like. I wasn’t aware until a parent thought the teacher was in the wrong, but after further discussion, it became clear to me the students were awful. Just because you don’t like the teacher doesn’t mean you can deliberately be obstructive. They were ganging up on her and she was losing her cool unfortunately.[/quote]

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