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Reply to "Does your elementary school use the "stoplight"/shame system"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a positive side to knowing that you are not meeting expectations. There is also a negative side -- when the child can do nothing to improve and the point is just to make the child feel bad. [/quote] It's a terrible system and every child psychologist will tell you so, for exactly the reasons PP lists above. For children with behavioral or social problems (many of whom are ADHD and quite literally struggle to control themselves), it actually has the opposite effect of what is desired - instilling in them the idea that they are bad no matter what and that they are destined to be bad. It damages self esteem. How anyone could defend such a misguided system is beyond me. [/quote]
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