WD wrote on 08/28/13 at 06:19:10:It is NOT the school's role to take the place of proper parenting. Or to prevent students from having to deal with everyday facts of life occurrences. Bullying doesn't magically end when you graduate, you don't get to keep the "can't let them experience failure, it might hurt their self esteem", "well, close enough, so we'll go ahead and give you the A, or a trophy" stops when you hit the real world.
Schools and parents are the problem, not social media.
This country's gene pool is in dire need of chlorine...
I agree and will add my 2c-I think a large part of the problem is that there are two parents working which leaves the kids with a much less personal relationship with day care workers until they are old enough to be home alone, where they have no authoritative supervision for part of the day. Schools are charged with providing an education, not with the moral upbringing of the kids, except by example. There are lots of "anti- bullying" programs in schools, but they are largely reactive, not proactive. A teacher can not be expected to "parent" 20 kids along with teaching the curriculum.
Then there are the parents who don't give a dam, who are emotionally incapable of child rearing, or who actively teach there kids bad things. (There are some real horror stories out there).
My mother was a stay-at-home mom (as were most moms in the '50s)
My wife was a stay-at-home mom and our kids turned out well, and my son is a stay-at-home dad and my grandkids are turning out well.
Parents who don't put their kids above ALL else (fancy cars, bigger houses etc.) should not be parents.
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