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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^^  PP, new poster here.  I'd say you don't understand.  [/b]Don't let your kid traumatize others.[b]  What's so hard about that?[/quote]

This makes no sense[/quote]

trust me, if there were a single way that parents could stop their kids from hitting, there would be no hitting. apologizing to other parents is for the parents, and has nothing at all to do with solving the problem with the kids. [/quote]

NP: Wow, there sure are a lot of apologist parents here who abdicate responsibility for behavior management in their kids at the drop of a hat!

Every single person here who said don't contact the parents of the kids hurting your child or who said "If there was a single way to stop kids from hitting there'd be no hitting" is acting like there are no badly-behaving children in schools who are like that because their parents suck at setting boundaries, addressing bad behavior, or accepting the fact that they may need help and additional tools beyond their household to learn how to manage their kids' behaviors.

I work in schools and the number of parents who show up and: 1) make excuses (i.e. don't take the behaviors seriously or blame the school); 2) deny their kids are doing what we tell them they're doing; 3) throw their hands up in the air and say it's beyond their control, then demonstrate right in front of us that they don't set boundaries at all for their kid when their kid acts up; or 4) are in denial that there is more than can be done and they should reach out or contact resources we refer them to for assistance... the number of each of those types of parents and some who fit in more than one category is mind-blowing.

And NONE of those situations are situations where "nothing can be done".

So stop acting like there's nothing parents can do better or differently.  Sometimes it's true, the parent has tried everything, or there's a bigger issue that tneeds to be addressed and the parent is open and willing to try other resources but didn't know what to do.  But there are also MANY of the other types of parents, and they need to come face to face with the parents of the child/children their child is beating up on and explain to those parents how "boys will be boys" or how everyone is over-reacting or how it's all the school's fault.

And then parents and teachers and school admins need to work together to come up with realistic and promising next steps where there are some.  You guys whining "there's no single thing you can do so stop talking about contacting the parent" need to grow up yourselves, because you do your own kids a great disservice with that attitude.[/quote]

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