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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sometimes you just get stuck with a really bad cohort and the terrible thing is that it lasts for six years in elementary school.  Third grade in my school is particularly bad too. I definitely think it’s some lingering Covid effects.[/quote]

I don’t buy Covid excuses.  These third graders have been in school for over 2 years now [/quote]

But the 3rd graders missed out on K, where the majority of behavioral expectations are set. They likely didn’t learn much in K either, so 1st and 2nd were a lot of catch up work. If you consider that they missed K, and then 1st was a bunch of makeup work and basic expectation setting for kids who hadn’t been in a group setting in many months … they’re probably still dealing with some after effects and will continue to do so. [/quote]

Not covid’s fault.  There are just a lot of terrible parents.  Any child with half decent parents could show up to school at any point and not swear, wait their turn, follow simple directions, not be destructive.  This has nothing to do with Covid and everything to do with parenting. [/quote]

I think it's a mix of several things.  Screens are a totally different ballgame compared to when we were kids.  They're so used to the instant gratification and dopamine kick from the screen time that they can't handle anything real.  We don't even have a Wii or anything at home but DC is always asking to play the games he learned at school (e.g., Prodigy, ClassDojo).  We only let him play for an hour or so on the weekend but I know when he goes to friends' houses they play stuff there too.  Even our aftercare has a Wii now.  So yeah I guess you could say it's poor parenting that kids have all this screen time but boy is it a constant battle, and it sure doesn't help when they use them so much in school too.

There was also a study a ways back about common food additives causing really crazy behaviors in mice.  The EU banned some of the additives after that, the US did nothing.  There's no way all this ultraprocessed food is not affecting our bodies in a detrimental way.[/quote]

Yes I think you nailed it. [/quote]

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