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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually parenting and disciplining your children is amazing.

More people should try it.[/quote]

YES[/quote]

My kid is homeschooled right now so this whole thing isn’t an issue with me. But in defense of parents, this is unlikely to be all their fault. Unless they have massively changed since the pandemic, the parenting that was working before is now not preventing this behavior. The pandemic is the only variable we have so I think this is yet another impact of covid that we have to navigate. Parents need to figure that out but remember that it is harder than before because parents too are in the middle of a mental health crisis. And then a lot of it is kids just doing what their peers do so it’s possible that no amount of good parenting is going to stop a kid from acting this way if all the other kids keep doing it. [/quote]

There are also tons of behaviors that only show up in the classroom.  It's really hard to parent-away issues when you aren't present and they don't come up in other settings.

--parent of a 5 yo who (pre-pandemic) got in trouble several times daily for all of kindergarten for pushing with another kid over being near the front of the line and no amount of talking about it at home or consequences made any impact.  Some behaviors really have to be dealt with in the moment by the present adult.[/quote]

The best thing a parent can do it teach (and MODEL) respect for authority figures.  So many of the problems we see are a result of kids not respecting adults.  While a kid may not push someone at home, if they are told not to do it at school and are ignoring the staff, it's not just environment.  The student needs to learn respectful behaviors at home.  [/quote]

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