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Originally Posted by CarolSells
Thank you! I've been waiting all-thread long for someone to say this! Seems to me that many schools have their plates full just trying to teach the three R's today! And there is so much more to teach today! My granddaughter is in Kindergarten. Her classroom is all about computers and technology and learning. (She happens to be reading on a 3rd grade level!)
I believe that schools should be allowed to discipline students but the issue of bullying is a parenting problem!
Hold these "support" groups off campus! |
I SO disagree with this. Most parents don't even know their kids are bullying, because it's taking place in school, or after school on the bus, or out of their viewing in the neighborhood playground. You can think you're doing the most wonderful job of raising your kids, but you absolutely don't know everything they're doing. I repeat my earlier statement: bullies evolve from a certain personality type. If you're not following your child around day, you may not know he or she is bullying. If the school doesn't step up to stop this problem, it's going to continue.
I have had personal experience with this when our younger son was new to his school way back when (fourth grade). The school refused to help. The parents of the bullier were the nicest people but had their heads in the sand toward this problem with their child. We had to take our own steps to avoid this kid and protect our child physically and emotionally.
This is a school matter and needs to be addressed by the school. Parents of bullyers will not step up unless the school steps in.