Is society too permissive today?

I agree with the kid in sports thing...in theory.. when they start to get a sniff of the opposite sex, it heads towards the window... thats what's happening here. The thing that gets me is the lack of consequence. I have read (yes, i finished it, Ana) the He'll be ok, growing gorgoues boys into good men book by Celia Lashlie, and it was a REAL eye opener. She stated that one of the things that have teachers going bats is that parents (mothers) wade in to protect their boys from punishment of any kind at school, like the rules apply to everyone but their son! one example was a boy outside the school gate, waiting a ride, flipped the bird at a teachers and was told to fron tup at the deans office the next day. The boy didn't front up, and when tracked down, he had a note from his mother saying she told him not to go, as he wasn't on school grounds so it was none of teachers business!!! To me, some parents are their own worse enemies!

THe lack of decent role models in the media is alarming as well, paris/lindsey/britney are shockers.

yeah, i remember the school always being right when it was me, although I was never really naughty at all, but I did talk alot, so was always getting detention for that (and it was my own fault, my folks would say), but as for my brothers, the school always had it wrong wrong wrong (hindsight is wonderful, aye mum?!)- she admits now she was wrong, lol!!

I guess it doesn't help when adults themselves blame everyone else and don't take personal responsiblity for themselves. If our leaders can do it, then how can we expect our children to behave differently. I don't envy teachers they have a tough job and should have parental support.

daikini wrote: 3) the parents just don't care, and even with plenty of warning only about 1/2 show up!

Seriously?! I can't imagine not turning up to my son's parent-teacher evenings - ever!

Mikaela wrote: daikini wrote: 3) the parents just don't care, and even with plenty of warning only about 1/2 show up! Seriously?! I can't imagine not turning up to my son's parent-teacher evenings - ever!

I can't imagine not taking an interest in my children's education either.

miss wrote: Secondary school does see parents get a little less involved in things like that. Which is such a shame as it is precisely when parents need to be taking an interest!

There is a massive problem with apathy here, where the parents are only sending the kids to school because they have to by law, and the kids are only attending until they are old enough to stop. I do an informal job for the school, collating weekly data about in-class behaviour, and I've noticed there is a major problem with punctuality, with students often simply bunking. When they are in class, they don't want to learn.

Sounds like you went to the same school of motherhood as mine. Her motto was if i could get out of bed I was going to school.

I think girls are influenced by the media a lot more than boys, they are trying to be little women, when store bring out bras for 4 yr olds, that is so wrong!



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