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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The first graders are going to be fine. Yes, last year sucked but catching up K and 1st grade work isn’t going to be a big problem. I’m thankful I didn’t have an older child that was missing more advanced classes.

-parent of a 1st grader[/quote]

The older kids are fine. Their teachers actually taught their full curriculum last year. And they already know how to function in a school environment. [/quote]

Lmao! No one taught or learned the “full curriculum” last year, and no one learned anything for the last 1/3rd of 2020. No grade is fine.[/quote]

My 8th grader is 100% fine, not behind, not struggling. [/quote]

My 6th grade DD is 100% fine academically as well.  It's been a rough transition for the whole school behaviorally, per the principal.[/quote]

Yeah. [b]Its sad when the discipline of the children is left up to the parents for 18 months, and this is the result. [/b]Previous generations of parents at least had behavioral expectations for their kids, and would have been upset at the child if they misbehaved at school, rather than blame the school. [/quote]

Look, I had a full-time nanny and kids who did in-person school all of last year, but I'm also not obtuse or rude enough to now acknowledge that many people struggled with having their kids home last year and many people cut corners in various areas just to survive. Blasting parents for not doing a better job disciplining their children last year is disgusting, and you should be ashamed of yourself. [/quote]

The lack of parental discipline in this country, both pre and post Covid, is what parents should be ashamed of. It’s appalling.[/quote]

I agree. My kid is in K and his reports (and my own observations at our playground) of 5-7 year olds hitting, pushing and saying things like "I'm going to punch you if you don't do xyz" are absolutely mind boggling. [/quote]

Oh honey, this is not new in the past 20 years. This has been happening for as long as kids have been kids.[/quote]

Yeah, I get bullying happens but this is more kids than not. My son isn't even the one the behavior is directed to, for the most part. We just moved to this neighborhood and at first I thought how wonderful that there's all these kids my son's age at the playground. I am one of the only SAHM at the playground so I see what goes on. The rest of the kids are there with nannies who aren't paying any attention, and it shows. There's no way 3 "nice" kids out of 10 is typical.[/quote]

Oh, it’s completely typical. You mention yourself that the Nanny is!’t paying attention, so what makes you think the parents are instilling more discipline than them.  Throw in a small sense of entitlement and there you have it.  Parents thinks its fine and kids will grow out of it until they start to realize there are other kids capable of acting much better or until teachers start gently mentioning it in school.  Kids think its completely normal until they get to preschool and kindergarten and a) they realize that pool of friends a lot bigger,  b) they may not be the biggest and baddest kid on the block anymore, c) they are oitside of their comfort zone including the kids, and d) their behavior isn’t going to be tolerated anymore and teachers start calling them on it (albeit gently).[/quote]

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