I really don’t understand how parents cater to their kids these days. Yes, I’m old. I was raised in a family that was all about rules and chores and obedience. Hated it when I was a teen, but ffs. This is not life and death. Kids will survive. Right now they’re screaming like mashed cats for no reason. They’re in school to learn. End of discussion. School may also provide social education and activities but that’s not the purpose. I’m a lefty, do-your-own-thing person, but I’d like to see parents actually step up and be willing to be unpopular. Life ain’t harder for kids nowadays. They’ve just convinced us that it is.
I have grandchildren in elementary schools with “no-phone” policies. Those lasted until the first active shooter response (not the practice ones). Parents couldn’t call, students couldn’t call, and the school’s administrators took the heat. The ban was cancelled as fast as it was implemented.
Schools are not safe places, even if it’s only one child being bullied in a bathroom.
I really enjoyed this interview since it featured a student actually impacted by the phone bans!
Kind of an adjacent note, I noticed two separate occasions in this episode where Justin goes out of his way to specify the Lila "isn't fat", when she is talking about being bullied by an upperclassman taking discreet photos and when she describes a classmate telling her she needs Ozempic. Even if she weighed 400lbs this would be horrible behavior, her size has nothing to do with it. I would really like more thoughtful language to be used in these situations, calling out the problematic behavior instead of insinuating it would be okay to take pictures of a fat or tall classmate, or to tell a fat classmate they should be on ozempic.
I do not agree with phone bans. Kids are definitely not safe in their classrooms and they might need to call the worthless police like what happened in Uvalde. You know, where they stood around and did nothing while a madman assassinated kids and teachers. No thanks
I really don’t understand how parents cater to their kids these days. Yes, I’m old. I was raised in a family that was all about rules and chores and obedience. Hated it when I was a teen, but ffs. This is not life and death. Kids will survive. Right now they’re screaming like mashed cats for no reason. They’re in school to learn. End of discussion. School may also provide social education and activities but that’s not the purpose. I’m a lefty, do-your-own-thing person, but I’d like to see parents actually step up and be willing to be unpopular. Life ain’t harder for kids nowadays. They’ve just convinced us that it is.
I have grandchildren in elementary schools with “no-phone” policies. Those lasted until the first active shooter response (not the practice ones). Parents couldn’t call, students couldn’t call, and the school’s administrators took the heat. The ban was cancelled as fast as it was implemented.
Schools are not safe places, even if it’s only one child being bullied in a bathroom.
I really enjoyed this interview since it featured a student actually impacted by the phone bans!
Kind of an adjacent note, I noticed two separate occasions in this episode where Justin goes out of his way to specify the Lila "isn't fat", when she is talking about being bullied by an upperclassman taking discreet photos and when she describes a classmate telling her she needs Ozempic. Even if she weighed 400lbs this would be horrible behavior, her size has nothing to do with it. I would really like more thoughtful language to be used in these situations, calling out the problematic behavior instead of insinuating it would be okay to take pictures of a fat or tall classmate, or to tell a fat classmate they should be on ozempic.
I do not agree with phone bans. Kids are definitely not safe in their classrooms and they might need to call the worthless police like what happened in Uvalde. You know, where they stood around and did nothing while a madman assassinated kids and teachers. No thanks