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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 162441" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: sienna">I don't think it's healthy to spend 6 hours a day with people who can't reach out, emotionally or physically, when a child needs simple reassurance that his/her caregivers (because lets face it, that's what teachers are to an extent) actually care. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: sienna">I am already tired of everyone being suspect. I am tired of people being afraid to help others or tap a shoulder or hug a child when he or she has finally reached a milestone or done something stupendous! Or, fallen in the playground with a bloody scraped knee! My God, they can't even put a bandaid on the cut? That is stunning. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: sienna">Even after difficult child's assault, I STILL think it is wierd that a teacher, male or female, cannot reach over and pat a student on the back or squeeze a shoulder in congratulations. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: sienna">Students of ALL ages need daily reassurances and positive reinforcement and those come in many different forms. Physical touch being one of them. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: sienna">It has been studied that if a child is not touched on a daily basis, he/she will wither up inside. What is wrong with so many of us that we don't have any trust left in the good and healthy intentions of the people who spend a majority of their day in our children's lives?? Isn't this part of parental involvement - KNOW your children's educators!! </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #a0522d">And, yes, I realize that there are cretons out there who take advantage of a situation, but I still feel that we can't try and live our lives or have our children live thier lives in a place of seclusion and mistrust of everyone around them - it's not healthy for the mind and spirit.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 162441, member: 2211"] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=sienna]I don't think it's healthy to spend 6 hours a day with people who can't reach out, emotionally or physically, when a child needs simple reassurance that his/her caregivers (because lets face it, that's what teachers are to an extent) actually care. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=sienna]I am already tired of everyone being suspect. I am tired of people being afraid to help others or tap a shoulder or hug a child when he or she has finally reached a milestone or done something stupendous! Or, fallen in the playground with a bloody scraped knee! My God, they can't even put a bandaid on the cut? That is stunning. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=sienna]Even after difficult child's assault, I STILL think it is wierd that a teacher, male or female, cannot reach over and pat a student on the back or squeeze a shoulder in congratulations. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=sienna]Students of ALL ages need daily reassurances and positive reinforcement and those come in many different forms. Physical touch being one of them. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=sienna]It has been studied that if a child is not touched on a daily basis, he/she will wither up inside. What is wrong with so many of us that we don't have any trust left in the good and healthy intentions of the people who spend a majority of their day in our children's lives?? Isn't this part of parental involvement - KNOW your children's educators!! [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=#a0522d]And, yes, I realize that there are cretons out there who take advantage of a situation, but I still feel that we can't try and live our lives or have our children live thier lives in a place of seclusion and mistrust of everyone around them - it's not healthy for the mind and spirit.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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