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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best thing parents can do to support teachers is to actually parent their children. This includes modeling appropriate behavior (e.g., stop yelling "I'm gonna beat your ass" to your five year old at the playground), read to your child every night, make sure they get enough sleep, don't feed hem crap, don't expose them daily to rap videos and violent games etc.   doing less than this means the teacher has to parent your brat instead of actually teaching. [/quote]

+1.  "What can parents do to help?"  Parent.  Demand respect for authority from children.  Swift and certain consequences for unacceptable behavior would solve 93.7% of DCPS problems.  [/quote]

I agree. However, as an elementary school teacher, I believe the problem is that there aren't any consequences that can be  enforced. Teachers are told ALL students need to participate in activities that our generation saw as rewards... fun fridays.... recess... field trips. I personally had to limit the field trips my class took because of a couple of students who I have who will cuss at adults and basically do what they want. The parents insist they don't know what to do with their kids and that between 8-3 I have to figure it out. I believe the idea that "everyone deserves..." has perpetuated the lack of respect of authority, kids no longer feel as though they need to earn anything. [/quote]

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