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He masturbates openly in school...we can't stop him.
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 505359" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>You know what? Even their theory on low income / high risk is basically wrong. And not telling the parents if a child has had a bad day..........well, ahem, they'd better be glad I'm not one of those parents. Just because a child comes from a very low income home doesn't mean their parents aren't working their fannies off hoping to high heaven their child will have a better life and future. Ok, so I'm realistic enough to know that not all of them are that way, but I'm just as sure not all of them are neglecting their child or abusing them either.</p><p></p><p>Way back when, when Travis entered headstart in north dayton (for anyone who knows north dayton, that says it ALL) I guess you could say every child in his class fell into that category. The program then required that parents attend a weekly parenting meeting (they required more if they felt it was needed). They taught everything from good nutrition, hygiene, disciplining methods.....oh heck I can't remember what all because it was a LOT. Any parent who missed more than 2 their child was dismissed from the program. I met some fine parents at those meetings. I met some young kids/parents......some who didn't want to be bothered (they didn't last too long), but several others who while they phhted at it at first, were downright eager after a week or more to learn skills they didn't have. From feedback from teachers/staff, the neglectful lazy or abusive parents were a very small minority.</p><p></p><p>In class kids were taught the normal preschool stuff, but also taught hygiene, manners, diet.....tons of things you wouldn't normally see in a preschool setting. Everyone of the kids loved it. This was a trial curriculum and it turned out to be highly successful. Parents loved it. The kids loved it. At the kids "graduation" even grandparents were raving about it. </p><p></p><p>Which probably means it didn't stick around long. ugh</p><p></p><p>But if they're so worried about parents reacting to things going on/not going on in school, how about they sit down and think up solutions to improve that instead of having the kids basically run the show? </p><p></p><p>However, life experience has shown me that the really abused/neglected kids never make it to a preschool setting. I thought of several examples as I was typing that alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 505359, member: 84"] You know what? Even their theory on low income / high risk is basically wrong. And not telling the parents if a child has had a bad day..........well, ahem, they'd better be glad I'm not one of those parents. Just because a child comes from a very low income home doesn't mean their parents aren't working their fannies off hoping to high heaven their child will have a better life and future. Ok, so I'm realistic enough to know that not all of them are that way, but I'm just as sure not all of them are neglecting their child or abusing them either. Way back when, when Travis entered headstart in north dayton (for anyone who knows north dayton, that says it ALL) I guess you could say every child in his class fell into that category. The program then required that parents attend a weekly parenting meeting (they required more if they felt it was needed). They taught everything from good nutrition, hygiene, disciplining methods.....oh heck I can't remember what all because it was a LOT. Any parent who missed more than 2 their child was dismissed from the program. I met some fine parents at those meetings. I met some young kids/parents......some who didn't want to be bothered (they didn't last too long), but several others who while they phhted at it at first, were downright eager after a week or more to learn skills they didn't have. From feedback from teachers/staff, the neglectful lazy or abusive parents were a very small minority. In class kids were taught the normal preschool stuff, but also taught hygiene, manners, diet.....tons of things you wouldn't normally see in a preschool setting. Everyone of the kids loved it. This was a trial curriculum and it turned out to be highly successful. Parents loved it. The kids loved it. At the kids "graduation" even grandparents were raving about it. Which probably means it didn't stick around long. ugh But if they're so worried about parents reacting to things going on/not going on in school, how about they sit down and think up solutions to improve that instead of having the kids basically run the show? However, life experience has shown me that the really abused/neglected kids never make it to a preschool setting. I thought of several examples as I was typing that alone. [/QUOTE]
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