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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Helicopter much, PP? I'm surprised parents would get this involved unless it's a really big issue like bullying. This is one strange area. I do know of parents who have asked that friends be separated because they get too silly together and can distract eachother and the rest of the class but that's different.[/quote]

It sounds like OP's child IS being bullied.[/quote]

All this does is 1) enable the pest to bother someone else and 2) turn OP's kid into a weak, entitled child who will never learn to fight his/her battles.

Soon, OP's kid will develop anxiety and school phobia b/c s/he hasn't learned to defend him/herself.

have seen it many times

too many helicopters 
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Ridiculous!

The problem isn't "too many helicopters."

The problem is too many bullies - and I blame the parents of those bullies for the problem.

It is NOT the school's role to raise moral, well-disciplined children.

Rather, its the parents' responsibility to properly raise their children to - at a minimum - NOT bully others,  - and to punish their children if they engage in bullying behavior.

But too many parents these days do not take any personal responsibility, nor responsibility for their offspring.  These essentially feral spawn -and the parents that create them & then drop out - are the root of the issue.

We witnessed a perfect example of this absentee parenting this past weekend at a nice outdoor cafe:  two parents appeared to be enjoying a meal with their two children (guessing ages 8 &10).  But instead of dining together, both kids were playing violent video games (maybe "halo" game?) on handheld devices;

-no conversation; no interaction, just a live-action stream of video violence right into those impressionable young minds.  Complete selfishness on the parents part.  I can't say whether the kids bully.  But video violence & absentee parenting probably won't lead to ideal outcomes IMHO. [/quote]

the kids that are picking on my kid are from good, loving families with engaged parents.  When these things start (and they will) the teacher needs to put a stop to it immediately.  In my kid's case, a fairly new teacher underestimated how quickly it would spread from one or two kids to 4 or 5 all gleefully targeting my child and enjoying my child's reactions.  The teacher is FINALLY on it after not seeing it as a big deal for two months.  It doesn't help that the teacher likes the kids teasing more than my mess of a kid.  This stuff is 100% within the control of the school and the culture it fosters.  Sure, it will be easier for them to foster such a non bullying culture by breaking up certain kids into different classes, but it is all on them IMO.[/quote]

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