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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll start:

"Get off the floor!"

(Why are they always rolling around on the floor?)[/quote]

Why can't they roll on the floor?[/quote]

Sometimes it's not hygienic (rolling on the rug at home is okay, rolling on the floor of the hallway at school is gross). This is the age where kids really learn about hygiene.

Sometimes it's disrespectful and distracting (during class, during church, during dinner) and they need to learn to find ways to get their physical needs met without being rude to teachers, parents, siblings, etc.

I do think sometimes people don't do a good enough job understanding kids need to MOVE their bodies and can't just be still and polite all the time. However, this is the age where you need to teach your kid how (and give them opportunities) to move their bodies in safe, appropriate, productive ways. I tell my kid she can roll around on her bed or on the couch or on the floor of one of our living spaces (not the kitchen or bathroom) but not to do it elsewhere. I also make sure she has lots of playground time and she has a sport and dance year round so she's getting plenty of chances to be physical in those settings.

You have to teach kids how to be adults. They don't have to become adults all at once, but they need to start learning the rules of being in the world and what is appropriate and not appropriate in what setting, and 3rd grade is a big age for a lot of this education because it's the onset of puberty for some kids and they need to know some of this stuff before their bodies start changing too much and their hormones start raging. It is a kindness to teach your kids these rules and help them learn to follow them so that they can feel like they fit into society and know how to act in more mature situations. Otherwise you are abandoning them and they will struggle.[/quote]

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