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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher and honestly of course the kids are frantic it’s the day before break and they’re hyped up on nonstop Christmas activities. This isn’t a fair time to assess them lol [/quote]

It's year round. Most who have worked with kids for an extended period of time will tell you kids are different these days - because parents are different. They are afraid to be in charge, set a firm boundary, or apply consequences. How many posts here have some variation of the title: "My 3 Year Old Refuses to Get Dressed, What to do?" S/He's THREE, and does not get to refuse to do anything. Yet there are parents out here routinely late for work because they're begging Larla/O to put shoes on or turn off then iPad.[/quote]

I am a teacher and I've seen a huge shift. My books that used to last for years in great shape now last just months. Kids fold the pages, draw in the books, just treat them with complete disregard for someone else's property. Same with the things in the "calm down corner" I'm required to keep. Kids have learned they just need to pretend they're upset about something in order to use something from the calm down corner (coloring pages, play dough, fidget toys etc), but they don't use them responsibly. Half the stuff is missing and the stuff that is left is in gross condition and it's only 4 months into the school year. I'm not allowed to discourage students from using the calm down corner. I have told my students if they choose to ruin the things I purchase out of my own pocket, I'm not replacing them. That goes for books and for other stuff like the calm down corner. They can treat the stuff they own any way their parents allow them to, but I will not keep spending my own money so that they can destroy the stuff I purchase.

That's just the tip of the iceberg in terms of student behavior and the parents that have raised them to believe that their behavior is acceptable. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. [/quote]

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