Most of the shoving I see seems to be good natured and not angry fighting, it is almost like their way of showing affection. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that the MSs are full of boys shoving and wrestling with each other.

Good-natured? Showing affection?

If the students have been told to stop touching each other, they need to stop. Period.

Parents need to cut out this garbage with "They're just being boys" or "It's just friendly play."

Absolutely not. It is defiance. The schools have been very clear that the students are not to touch each other and that shoving for any reason is unacceptable. When parents continue to excuse this defiant behavior, they are setting their kids up for failure.

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Anonymous wrote:The boys use lots of bad language. It just flows. They use all the derogatory words in the bad word book, too. They also slap in back of head and intentionally trip people. It’s not playful, it’s dangerous in the halls and class entrances.

Different middle school but they are just awful on the bus - the girls try to sit as close to the bus driver as possible.

NP. Agreed. Two boys we know choose to walk 1.5 miles home just to avoid the nonsense.

Anonymous wrote:The boys use lots of bad language. It just flows. They use all the derogatory words in the bad word book, too. They also slap in back of head and intentionally trip people. It’s not playful, it’s dangerous in the halls and class entrances.

Different middle school but they are just awful on the bus - the girls try to sit as close to the bus driver as possible.

The boys use lots of bad language. It just flows. They use all the derogatory words in the bad word book, too. They also slap in back of head and intentionally trip people. It’s not playful, it’s dangerous in the halls and class entrances.

My 7th grader said they had a sub yesterday and about half the boys in the classroom were out of control - yes, lots of shoving and pushing. Teach your boys to keep their hands off of other people. You are parents, not friends. Gentle parenting has ruined society.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids said there's an epidemic of shoving going on by boys of a particular persuasion.

Less fighting though

It's an anonymous message board, no need to be cryptic. Say what you mean or don't say anything at all.

Sometimes if you make an accurate statement, the posts disapear upon being reported.

Thus the best thing you can do is be less detailed.

I volunteer with my kids Scout troop. 2/3 of the MS boys are pushing, shoving, wrestling, hands on each other. This includes white, Black, Asian, and Hispanic kids. The HS boys are far less handsy and we rarely have to tell any of them to stop jumping on each other. I suspect that there is an age when boys outgrow the need to wrestle every minute they are together, although I am sure there are some kids it takes longer to have that happen.

Most of the shoving I see seems to be good natured and not angry fighting, it is almost like their way of showing affection. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that the MSs are full of boys shoving and wrestling with each other.

They could have sent this letter to our MS.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids said there's an epidemic of shoving going on by boys of a particular persuasion.

Less fighting though

It's an anonymous message board, no need to be cryptic. Say what you mean or don't say anything at all.

I assume PP is trying to make a racist statement without making a racist statement, but it is such a diverse school that I have no idea what she is trying to say.

He could have said, “Teach your kids some d*mn manners ffs”.

That’s the gist.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids said there's an epidemic of shoving going on by boys of a particular persuasion.

Less fighting though

It's an anonymous message board, no need to be cryptic. Say what you mean or don't say anything at all.

Sometimes if you make an accurate statement, the posts disapear upon being reported.

Thus the best thing you can do is be less detailed.

Agree. You can’t use race to describe people if you don’t want your post deleted.

Of course you can.

You just have to observe the hierarchy of oppression and understand who we are allowed to criticize and who we are not.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids said there's an epidemic of shoving going on by boys of a particular persuasion.

Less fighting though

It's an anonymous message board, no need to be cryptic. Say what you mean or don't say anything at all.

Sometimes if you make an accurate statement, the posts disapear upon being reported.

Thus the best thing you can do is be less detailed.

Agree. You can’t use race to describe people if you don’t want your post deleted.

It’s not true that there is only audio recording on buses. You need to call the head of transportation.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids said there's an epidemic of shoving going on by boys of a particular persuasion.

Less fighting though

It's an anonymous message board, no need to be cryptic. Say what you mean or don't say anything at all.

Sometimes if you make an accurate statement, the posts disapear upon being reported.

Thus the best thing you can do is be less detailed.

Anonymous wrote:My kids said there's an epidemic of shoving going on by boys of a particular persuasion.

Less fighting though

It's an anonymous message board, no need to be cryptic. Say what you mean or don't say anything at all.

My kids said there's an epidemic of shoving going on by boys of a particular persuasion.

Less fighting though