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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is a non-conformist who has a unique approach to learning and is not afraid to show it in class. Naturally social and extremely interested in his peers, making up for lost time spent isoldated during COVID. Had a more difficult time than some adjusting to being back in school but shows promise.

Maybe?

Life has been hard for a lot of kids, in case you haven't heard. We are spending lots of tax dollars finding out just how bad our kids' mental health issues are. Seriously, things have been painful for many, many children.[/quote]

Life isn't any harder than its always been.  Parents  like you are too lazy to deal with your own kids problems and want the schools and others to handle the hard part of parenting, however some of it starts at home and only you can fix your home life.  Teens have always struggled.  Stop with the excused.  Very few kids were actually isolating and kids have been in person school, except for a select few who choose virtual, so enough with the excuses already.  I'm tired of the wasteful spending on the fake mental health programs that are probably doing more harm than good and taking away from academics.[/quote]

You don't sound very nice.[/quote]

I am very nice but instead of making excuses I actually do something.   Try it.  Kids don’t need fake support and excuses.  [/quote]

People are reporting ALL OVER THE PLACE that our youth are in big trouble. They are suffering mental health challenges that they weren't dealing with before the pandemic.

My kids did fine during the pandemic. But I work in a school. It has affected behavior in all grade levels. Don't you listen to the news? This is real. It is not business as usual. Being a hard-ass won't cure this.[/quote]

Not PP you were replying to, but honestly that's a load of shite. Some students have genuine need for support, if their parent died or is handicapped, due to Covid-19 or something else. But the rest? No. 
Americans are more sensitive to mental health burdens than they were before. It doesn't mean that burden has become more heavy, apart from the exception I just laid out, or that everyone has to suddenly excuse poor behavior. My kids experienced parental job loss, parental severe illness, way before the pandemic. One of my children was born premature and has lifelong handicaps from it, with an IEP at school, and struggles every day with medical and behavioral issues. Partly because of this he was in virtual until now. Did we ever lower our standards? No.

I strongly disagree with the idea that our youth are in big trouble. No. They need routines, and less screens and more exercise and less junk food. They need to learn academic rigor and delayed gratification. Just because everyone suddenly decides to check the "I've struggled with depressive thoughts at least once per week in the last year" box doesn't mean we're all depressed. It means that world events have made people slightly more self-aware than they used to be. Perhaps that's a good thing.
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