The Kids Are Not Okay.
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2023
- A string of videos from elementary school teachers describing the incredibly awful behavior and performance of young schoolchildren have gone massively viral. What is driving this disturbing trend, and is there anything that can be done about it? Let’s get into it.
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I used to be a high school teacher. I used to open my school year with the following speech: “You are 15 or 16 years old. 200 years ago people your age were married, planted crops, had children, and build a cabin by winter. You can do your homework. The bar set for you historically is embarrassingly low. You are not dealing with regional famine or plague. You do not have to save your family from marauders or go into battle to destroy your enemies with a broadsword. You have to sit down and learn from someone who cares about you in a safe, air-conditioned room. You have no excuses.”
Preach! This is somewhat close to what I tell my kids. Giving them historical perspective is helpful, in fact.
This is how the teachers are in Texas. We’re all so grateful!!!
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James Monroe was 18 and Alexander Hamilton was 21by the time they signed the Constitution.
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Kids are out here telling their teacher "You're not my mom!" but when I was their age, I accidentally called my second-grade teacher "mom" because I respected her so much. It is crazy how different these kids are today.
so true
Same! She was also my favorite teacher lol
@@rydbthatsme lol me too1
@@faridwiser5441 One-on-one interactions involving those kids will be fun to watch during their young adult years: "Ma'am, I clocked you at 25 miles over the speed limit. Step out of your vehicle and keep your hands in plain sight."
"YOU CAN'T TELL *_ME_* WHAT TO DO!!"
@@ConservativeGrouch Haha, yea!They would grow up to literally have no self awarness🤦🏻🤦🏻
My ten year old little sister is going into 5th grade. She only reads graphic novels and doesn’t have her multiplication tables memorized. By 5th grade I could do them easily. She is also obsessed with her iPad, twerking, and backtalks both of my parents by saying they can’t tell her what to do. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched my parents let it go and wanted to scream ‘If I’d acted like that, you would have shouted at me until I’d stopped crying!’ Seeing all this makes me sad. These kids have no future if they don’t shape up.
Nah, when I was in 5th grade, I would BEG my parents to buy me a Rainbow Magic book because I genuinely love reading. It's is actually so upsetting seeing kids behave like that. My school used to bring in book fairs, now they bring people to sell slime and poppets because VERY few people actually read books.
about tables, im in highschool and i still dont have them memorized because i have dyscalculia, so it could be because of that
same but I'm a younger gen Z (2009 baby) going to 9th grade but my gen alpha siblings who are going to 3rd and 2nd grade I'm not playing I had to teach them to read, write, do math, and even fucking behavior because my Gen X and Millenial parents are so soft with them but with me are strict as hell with me I mean I learned to read and write at FUCKING 4 years old
As an educational consultant these are my inputs:
WITHOUT A DOUBT BAD PARENTING.
1. Stop treating students like clients. You don't have to always keep them happy. They are not ALWAYS RIGHT
2. Information is NOT knowledge, just because they can surf the net does not mean they know what is better or what is right.
3. PARENT HAVE TO STOP outsourcing parenting to teachers, just because you pay a teacher that does not mean THEY are supposed to do your job.
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It's not gentle parenting, it's just neglect.
Time to bring back the belt....
@@cmanhanks1 no, just bring back discipline, you know like taking away the things causing them to act poorly.
And the belt
@@SnickerDoodleBug05 the belt IS discipline. Nothing like the sound of a belt clearing belt loops to make a kid straighten up their adittude.
@@cmanhanks1 your literally promoting child abuse
As a teacher, I can say that it is a normal situation when you have a few naughty kids in your class/group, but when 90% of them behave in such an inappropriate manner, it is definitely not normal.
No you fail as a teacher if you don't DEMAND RESPECT AND DISCIPLINE IF A CHILD DOESN'T LISTEN YOU GIVE THEM A 0 ZERO FOR THE DAY ENOUGH zeros then they are left back
@@timothyruggles3031 Tell me you've never taught without telling me...
Your expectations have merit, but they are impractical. I recommend you watch the Sound of Music and maybe rethink what raising kids like soldiers does to them.
Oh heck no!! If I missed behaved in school I got a paddle to my back side, along with a note explaining my actions and discipline ( to be signed and brought back ) which then led to another paddle to my backside from my mom or dad!
As far as people females and males sticking their rear end up in the air…..well to be honest that’s what dogs do….on the side of the street…..behind the trash dumpster……hmmmmmm…….
@@timothyruggles3031administration does not allow you to give zeros or let children be “held back.” Look into it.
@@timothyruggles3031Children can no longer be kept back a year, unless a parent agrees. You can advise that their child is not ready, but a parent can ignore you and do what they want. Also, some schools apparently don't let you fail kids.
The biggest consequence that you can currently give children at the moment is something like a suspension from school, but if the parent is really bad then the child just gets a vacation.
I'm terrified of the health care I will receive in 20 years.
I'm a 15 year old teen, I'm Gen Z. I've witnessed 6, 7, 8 year olds sitting on park benches and outside of restaurants scrolling instagram reels and youtube shorts, their parents not doing anything to stop them. When I was that age my parents got mad at me for playing in the park for too long, nowadays parents don't even care that their children are spending so much time on SM apps. I'm glad that I've made sure my younger brother doesn't know what skibidi toilet is, but I have a feeling he will know other such terms soon 😭🙏
I'm a teacher and a veteran. I was involved in Iraq and Afghanistan. None of that has was nearly as traumatizing as being a middle school teacher this past three years. I finally quit and moved on to teaching prisoners. Felons. Drug addicts. And they are SO much better behaved than my old students. I've had students stalk me online. Try to catfish me. Harass me. Take unflattering photos of myself and post them online. I've had multiple students make up stories about me as revenge for taking their phones, try to ruin my whole career over their phone. And not once did I have a parent or admin help back me up. I've had students curse me out and try to physically assault me and the only person who ever got punished for it was me. It's simply not worth being a teacher anymore. You can't teach. You're just a babysitter for psychos.
OMG I'm so sorry that happened to you. Nobody deserves that. Is it any better at private schools there?
This is just so sad ....Thank you for still trying to find a way of being helpful to society after you've experienced something like that .
I wish you well!
Kids who know nothing about the outside world are being brainwashed by the govt and Hollywood to become SJW zombies to vote for wrong leaders. Where has our country gone?
Private schools are no better. The students in private schools are spoiled rotten and administrators do nothing because the rich parents pay their salaries.
First off, thank you so freaking much for your service. And not to make light on this, but would a war be better than teaching kids? I’m legit curious now, because that kinda sounds better than teaching.
Nanny here. Parents are trying to avoid paying attention to their kids like it’s the olympics. It’s plain old negligence. They want electronics to babysit their kids, school to babysit their kids, and nannies to babysit their kids because they don’t LOVE their kids. It’s one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen. So much laziness and selfishness and greed. Honestly, it boils my blood.
It's not that they don't love their kids it's that they got no time cause they got to work all day most double jobs and simply don't have the time to both support their kids and be with them as much as they want to or need to be! This is a society problem on a pandemic level!
I'm fortunate that the parents I know who live near me aren't like that.
You guys are overlooking the most productive under compensated job era that we live in that is contributing to this debacle
@@v4v819 With all due respect, I disagree. I’ve talked to parents who would rather sit on their phones then play with their children. They give their children iPads in order to amuse them because they don’t want to interact with their own children. That is a lack of love.
I've nannied in many different houses, and I now have two children of my own (I am 26, they 4 and 2). My mom was also in childcare for years. It is nothing new, for generations parents have chosen not to acknowledge their children. It is just SO EASY now! Everything is made available to pass them off. The behavior and attitudes of the kids are reflective of the adults they model after. It is simply a cultural fallout. Many Americans are just surviving for the sake of doing it, no other initiative. For what? "We didn't choose this life" entitled and self-pitying.
I’m actually 13 years old and it’s shocking to see what kids have become. Where I am 7th graders are more respectful but skip down to 5th or 4th graders and they’re absolute MONSTERS. I’m glad I’m being by raised by Gen X parents, who actually discipline me. This year our hardest assignment was one 5 paragraph essay, I did multiple of these in 5th grade. The education system is pandering to those behind instead of putting them where they belong.
It gets better bro, make it to 9th grade.
I'm about to go to 9th grade. I don't live in the States, but these 8, 9, and 10 year olds don't respect ANYONE. Some kid asked me to move, and i didn't hear him, so he PUSHED me and insulted me under his breath. Like what happened to discipline????
EXACTLY what i was about to say. It’s also widely about the American school system.
I am 57 years old, when I was a kid we had only one kid in the whole school that acted up like that .
It's a form of child abuse when you fail to PARENT your child to be respectful and responsible for themselves and toward others.
The specific word would probably be neglect.
Hey, I get your point but we can't call everything ABUSE, every mistake, every fail, I think it will be counterproductive... The right word is neglect.
Atleast someone said it
"Children who are abused or neglected are also at increased risk for experiencing future violence victimization and perpetration, substance abuse, sexually transmitted infections, delayed brain development, lower educational attainment, and limited employment opportunities." -CDC
@@sivc.29 - except that neglect is officially listed as a type of abuse by professionals. Failing to provide for your childs needs, whether it’s physical like food and clean clothes, medical, or even mental/emotional can inflict just as much damage as if you were putting out cigarettes on their skin or screaming at them all day.
As a teacher, all I can say is that society has no idea what we have to go through simply to “do our job.”
Kids have attacked me, mocked me, cussed at and cursed me, posted ugly pictures of me online as a meme to make fun of me, argued with me because I tell them to work with me in class, spread untruthful career-ending rumors about me, stalked me, tried to catfish me, vandalized my classroom, thrown garbage all over my floor (for no reason other than just to be mean to me), stolen some of my personal possessions, purposefully damaged my car… the list goes on. I’ve been disrespected in almost every way possible - and I’ve only been teaching for 2 years.
Guys. It’s BAD.
How do we fix it?
damn that is horrible having to have experienced that. i lookied into becoming a teacher myself but noticed early on that thsi job isn't for me. when i read your text i assumed that to be the experience of someone teaching for decade(s)..
Now you know why 50% of teachers quit in 5 years.
I made it thirty years before retirement, but if I started teaching now, in this day and age? I wouldn't have lasted.
How can we change this?
@@hkiajtaqks5253 Schools are a reflection of society. How do we fix our society?
That is truly disgusting that they have done all that to you who is just trying to teach them what they need to know to become normal humans .
My high school principal, who also happens to be the longest running principal I’m the country and went through Hurricane Katrina, was beaten up so badly by students last month that he’s still in the hospital. The lack of parenting is absolutely horrific
That’s terrible! Praying for your principal
thats literally so fucked up
I’m 18 and I would NEVER speak to anyone like that.
I used to teach some kids English two years ago and it was a nightmare. They couldn’t focus, complained all the time and refused to work.
When I finally got to teach some guys that were my age I was shocked that they would just do what I asked them to do.
My sister is 9 years old. About a year ago she decided she didn’t want her smartphone anymore, because it made her angry. She’s also very smart(learnt how to read on her own), and being against tiktok, and just generally knows what’s good for her. I fr salute her, she’s a different breed.
That’s amazing that she was able to recognize the detrimental effects the phone was having on her at her age. I notice that too sometimes. Gets you all tightened up and more tense and pained and impatient.
The world would be a better place if we were all so in tune with what affects us adversely-and positivity.
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Ahh this makes me happy. There’s some out there!!! 🙏🙏 I hope she wears off on all of her friends. ❤️
Tell her go to school listen to the teacher but get her facts from books a good source world books ecylkilpeda or goggle everything just to see what comes up
This is why I firmly believe discipline is love. And no, I don't mean spanking. I don't believe in violence. I mean time outs, no TV, going home if you won't behave in public or waiting in the car with one of your parents until they've finished their errands, and no treat or dessert if you won't behave. And it starts from when your kid is a toddler. From BEFORE they go to school. Kids need to learn boundaries and the concept of rules from early on.
Idk, nothing quite reinforced my old man's authority like a good ol can of whip-ass.
A lack of spankings is exactly why kids are out of control. The actual fuck does a time out do? "Oh, I have to go sit in this spot for five minutes?" big fucking whoop. Kids don't have the ability to actually reflect in such a short timespan. No kid is capable of understanding why they were put in timeout or why they're not getting dessert. Even if you tell them the reason, they'll never fully understand. All they can comprehend is "you're a meanie who hates me." That's literally it.
Only tough love with a firm smack to the bottom will instill that what they did was wrong, it'll teach them to never repeat certain behaviors. Pain. Is. A. Teacher.
@@JaxonElzingaIt tells them that it's wrong, sure, but not why it's wrong. Spankings don't teach kids the reason why they shouldn't do what they do, and aren't the solution.
But it tells them they're doing wrong nonetheless. And at that point, a reason doesn't really matter. And as I said before, basically, kids don't have the ability to fully comprehend the fact that they can do any wrong.@@parfaitheart
@parfaitheart That's such a non-sequitur. Or a really worn out pious wishful-thinking sentence that was never true.
Why do you so staunchly believe it's an either/or situation?
SPANK and also EXPLAIN.
EXPLAIN and also SPANK.
There. Solved it for you.
Absolutely BAD parenting. Look at the parents in the stores, they are on their phones while their kids are running rampit in the store. Or, they are in the carts screaming or on a phone or I pad themselves. Sad. If you can't handle being a parent....DON'T HAVE KIDS.
It is lack of communication. Noone talks anymore, they are too busy with their phones etc....
yes because if i walk around shooting my friend with nerf guns the cops get called... litterally happened
As a 13 year old myself it's tragic watching my own sister become one of these monsters, "TABLET" she screams this at 7 in the morning and i'm sick of it
I'm 14 and I had no idea what pound town was
@@kangaru975 same and when i looked up the lyrics i was shook, like the kids prolly don't know what they mean but still
Im 17 and got a younger sister like this, youre so real for that damn
wtf man I'm sorry for your loss
This is sadly relatable
I have observed “modern parenting” up close, and it is the worst. I was sitting at a dinner table talking with house mates, and a 3 year old demanded my seat. I was raised that kids can’t demand things from adults, and know this, but she persisted. Then her mom demanded I give up my seat (we both lived in the house together,) and I said, “if you are into permissive parenting, you are the mom and I don’t have a say, but for myself, I am holding this boundary between kids and adults.” Dinner time started later and I went to get a plate of food. The three year old RACED for my seat. When I got back, I put my food down, and gently removed the three year old from the seat, and sat myself in it. The kid went NUCLEAR but I calmly held my ground. Half the community was suddenly arguing with the other half of the community. I was accused of being an egotist, a bully, cruel, the whole nine yards. My position was very simple: kids have to know that there is a difference between the world of adults and the world of children, and this is necessary for kids well being. I was accused of being self righteous, absurd, thinking I am the child’s dad, etc.,. Exasperating. The parents have held this against me for years now. And their poor kid and yet younger sister now have become absolute monsters. And the parents are genuinely BAFFLED- “why is this happening?!?” Their answer is “it must be something about society.” Well, we agree on SOMETHING here…
That’s terrible, kids who can’t take no end up being some pretty terrible people when they grow up.
I was raised that way too, respect your elders. My kids will be raised to respect their elders too. Also I believe if you love your child, you discipline them so other people love them too. Parents who just let the kid have whatever the kid wants, let the kid decide, end up raising monsters that nobody could love. The kid grows up thinking about themself and like nobody else matters. And always so unhappy. I'll be 40 soon and my oldest just turned 2. I've seen for myself the result of slack parenting and I'm determined to raise good people.
Rousseauians
Hah, if I tried that I'd be put into the corner. Does anyone do that now? Just stand in a corner, nothing, no reading, phone, just fucking stand there and think about what you did
If our child misbehaves in school the teacher tells us. Only happened one but when told my child misbehaved with another kid. I made him apologise and make up for it. Other parent had a go at teacher, how can they win when parents don't care.
I have a little brother (9) who still baby talks, says stupid things from tiktok like skibidi, rizz, gyat, mogging? Like…its embarrassing.
“I hear babies cry, I watch them grow.
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know.”
- Louis Armstrong
50 years later: Kids below the age of 10: Throw tantrums, sing Skibidi Toilet all day, act disrespectful to their authority figures, can’t read, can’t write, can’t spell basic words, and worst of all want to hear Pound Town in ballet class.
And I think to myself:
I do think kids throwing tantrums being under the age of 5 is somewhat normal but over the age of 5 is a little more concerning. While the skibidy toilet is somewhat harmless, it can be an annoyance especially to teachers. But the major problem is listening to pound town give t the context of the lyrics. Oh yea and also not listening to their authority figures, while yea there were a few bad apples but the fact that the grand majority are doing said thing is a problem.
What a wonderful world..
What a failure of a world
all by design
Boomer here - I was a single mom with 5 kids. The first time the kids had a fit in the store, I took my cart up front, apologized to the checkout folks, and took the kids home with no groceries. They didn't do it again, even the littlest ones. No yelling, no smacking just a threat and a follow- through.
Exactly! Great parenting :-) I can totally see myself doing that as a mom. Kids need to know their boundaries and to be set straight :-) I was raised in a strict home, but no way are my kids going to be disrespectful, unruly or impolite.
Millennial mom here with an 8 and 4 year old. I did the same thing with my 4 year old when she was 3. Scooped her up and left. Never had to do that again second time.
@OK_Boomer412 I did the same thing with my kids at a Walmart. I never had trouble with them in a store after that.
Yes key point....the follow through. I hear people constantly making threats and then never following through
Thank you for sharing I might even use this in the future with my kids. No yelling no belittling but teaching a lesson of “it’s not all gonna go your way”
It's parental neglect and letting society raise your children. That's what the problem is here.
very well said. Society and TikTok
Even these types of parents care about their children, but most just don't know how to be a parent. Many parents don't talk about the stuff they should because they don't want to be judged as neglectful. Like the state is going to take their kids away if they say the wrong thing, or how simply how they stand in their community.
You mean letting the internet and television raise them.
Its also most of these parents are confronted with poordome and mental illness, so they cant fix their own problems but still want kids,
i think this goes far deeper than just parents and society, there is also this extreme political view in parents where they rather fight for their own opinions than the health of their children and i dont understand why these children have vapes normally you need someone who is 18 years old to show an id for it now you see 9 year old children running around with it i dontunderstand how these children get these things it was hard to get pack of cigs with 16y now its standart to have a gaystick in your mouth.
@@markaja2 I agree but to have children needs to be really carefully chosen bc things like that occur.
I’m sixteen years old and I’m appalled by behavior of Gen Alpha . Yes I’m on my phone ,but I can also read,write ,and do my school work. When I was In elementary school I played Spa games on my mom’s phone. Mostly I played outside in my neighborhood and read. It’s honestly scared
Well done sweetie ❤ lots of respect 🙏
PERIOD this is not gentle parenting is no parenting at all!!!
The problem is deeper than just electronic devices and drugs. We've created a society where parents aren't capable of raising their own children anymore because they're either too busy trying to make enough money to survive or they're the product of terrible upbringings themselves.
i think a huge part that not enough people talk about is how american suburban culture leads to isolation. people need to be able to go outside and meet people, not have to rely on a car to get to and from places and only have social experiences at occasional pre-planned events. giant sprawling suburbs with nothing to do outside leads children to rely on technology for entertainment the majority of the time
@@Slammaa Suburbs wouldn't even be that terrible IF they actually build 3rd places for kids to go and socialize like playgrounds and skate parks and stuff like that but old NIMBY's never want that stuff in their neighborhoods. I grew up in a suburb that had a skate park, various playgrounds, outdoor basketball court. All of those things were eventually removed from that neighborhood I grew up in. When I go and visit my parents who still live there it is nothing but houses and roads. They even cut down a bunch of the trees along the streets.
@@riseofazrael its not enough just to have places for kids, suburbs need places for adults to have a life too. things like a library, cafe, small local grocery, or community center. sometimes churches fill that gap in suburbs, but its not a good solution though as not everyone wants to be religious or part of the same religion
Not just that, regardless of how much you were paid as a teacher back in the day, you did your job to the best of your abilities, or if you were caught not doing it, you lost it. This whole excuse that their not being paid enough to put in the effort that was given to them by their teachers is BS and pure laziness. Part of the problem to, is all this woke and leftest BS that's going on to make schools and almost everywhere a worse off place, and it's trying to divide everyone and everything as well
Oligarchs need a new generation of unruly, self centered [cannot organize], and uneducated serfs who will obey them and given them their lives in exchange for fake-ass validation and some bread. Parents being overworked and overserfed to enrich a ruling class is another aspect of design by the oligarchs that is meant to make sure these kids have no freedom.
So these parents are paying for a ballet class but are okay with their children not following instruction? crazy.
Those children may benefit from those Russian ballet teachers who are straight up drill sergeants ngl
They are not paying for ballet instruction, but for keeping their kid out of their hair ofr a while every day...
Odds are the ballet class is cheaper than daycare or their kids were kicked out of daycare for misbehaving, and the parents are just dropping their kids off with no care about whether they learn anything and just don't want to be parents.
I know right? And I am thinking that it could be an issue regarding the child's disinterest in ballet (okay, maybe fair enough) but then why not just pull the child out?? literally no one is benefitting from the current arrangement.
Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy
Remember the times when we used to go outside after school? When we used to stay out till the sky grew dark and the streetlights came on? I certainly do
My high school history teacher told us on our first day of high school freshman year that he would treat us with respect. But he expected us to be respectful of him (and by extension each other) in return. That it wasn’t too much to ask for…just a baseline that every human deserves. We were four years away from becoming adults and while he wasn’t going to be a pushover, he expected us to grow, learn and do the homework and tests assigned to us. The moment we disrespected anyone or talked back or acted like we were better than anyone else, we were going to have a problem. We would either sink or swim in his class. It was our choice.
He was the most respected and admired teacher at that school and with good reason. I still remember his lessons fondly all these years later and I’m so grateful to have had him as my teacher.
What did the teacher did if he was disrespected?
@@chuachua-hj9zd I don’t know. We were all too damn afraid of him to find out, lol. Most of us had older siblings and cousins who had been taught by this man so we all knew the stories.
I have taught for 34 years. Children have become an accessory for many adults. They rather record their child’s bad behavior for TikTok than parent. Parenting is hard work. Many expect their child’s teacher to take care of behavior issues as well as teach skills required for each grade level. Teachers are getting burned out after just a few years in the classroom.
Thank you.....TRUTH. We've experienced this. My husband and daughter are both educators. My daughter works in an elementary school, and the kindergarteners are coming in (and have been) and have not been potty trained. And she has to tell them "We can't change diapers or pull ups in school". At 5 years old, this is unthinkable.
The college students my husband was teaching were writing single page papers, with no capitals or punctuation, and no sentence structure.....nothing. as seniors in college. THIS IS UNHEARD OF
Thank God he retired this year, because it's too bad at this point.
The seniors in HS, are now at a working knowledge level of a 5th grader or less. (That's the average) and Biden, the politicians and the MSM have been LYING TO US for YEARS NOW.
This HAS TO STOP......and we have to take BACK our country before they destroy it ALL. We're almost there now. And, the Department of Education Must be disbanded and gotten rid of. They are the LARGEST funder for the Democrat party in the entire country, and have done MORE damage to the education system than folks could EVER imagine.
Are you single?
@@dede4004I just graduated from college and the bad grammar point is so true. In every one of my classes, the professor would have us write discussion posts and respond to each other, but the spelling and grammar was so bad in 90%+ of the posts that I couldn’t even respond. They were completely unintelligible. Mind you, this was online, so they had spell checker, autocorrect, Grammarly, etc. The few times where we had to switch papers and correct each other’s essays, I was the only one who ever took it seriously, and well over half the time I spent correcting was just on the grammar and spelling alone. Of course, the other time spent wasn’t much better. They have no understanding of sentence structure, basic essay layout, thesis, conclusion, supporting evidence, etc. They basically just write giant single-paragraph papers of incoherent, casual-speech-type ramblings.
The amount of times I've heard I'm bored/depressed, I want a kid is one of the very many reasons I'm happily single with lakefront property. I knew my generation was fucked, but the adults then only saw it as being negative and hateful. Now we have politicians aged over 80.
I am a millennial, hearing that woman say "I need to ask millennials why are your kids so awful" I saw myself, childless and work oriented and most of my friends, also millennials are like me and we took that decission based on the reality that we weren't going to be good enough parents. And I though "Sure, us millennials. It's the "you guys are lazy" by the boomers all over again". But hey, hers is not my experience, I can't truly judge her in the end.
My 7yo daughter is in 1st grade, and she has been consistently getting awards/rewards and praise for being respectful and kind to kids and teachers alike. She’s slightly behind with her speech diction (she didn’t speak until 2yo, so it’s to be expected), but the fact that she’s being a genuinely good person while outside of my watch makes me and my hub so proud
My daughter is 2 and just barely starting to talk and count, but she’s such a sweet heart, she says sorry and thank you, she listens when I tell her no too , I don’t have to be mean either, sometimes I have have to be more stern with my vocal range but she’s so polite and I hope it stays that way
The fact that they even need to resort to give out rewards to a child for displaying basic decency it's actually so sad tbh 💀 your child's behavior shouldn't be the exception, it should be the rule.
I never misbehaved in school and was always respectful, never got an award for it. That sounds insane to me.
I’m so nervous about this. I’ve kept my son home and schooled him for 3 years now and I’m going to have to send him to school next year. I hope he can stay strong in the foundation I’ve helped him build over the past 8 years. These kids are wild and my heart is heavy thinking about him being exposed to all of it.
The fact that they’re giving rewards for BASIC human decency is terrifying. The education system is destroying the next generation.
My little sister is 3 going on 4 and she can’t speak or use the toilet yet, time to watch this madness. Anyway, congratulations on being a good parent! Way too many of those are lacking. And no, parents of IPad kids don’t count.
Ive been doing in home daycare for 5 years and I’m just about done. The amount of times I have tried to tell parents that their kid is misbehaving and they say either “oh they don’t do that at home” or “they’re just (insert age)” is astounding. I had one kid that was so bad that now at the age of 6 the parent can’t find care for her during the summer because she is so out of control and the parent swears she’s a great kid and no one wants to give her a chance. We can say all the live long day it was COVID or technology, but it’s really parents making excuses and not parenting.
Dang. As a high schooler with three gen alpha siblings, all four of us have recently begun building things outside (garden/fake camp/ect). Watching my little siblings play outside is awesome, it's so fun for them (and me). I'm so sad for this new generation that they won't experience this.
I would be so pissed if I paid for ballet lessons and my kid wasn't following the teacher. I would be extra pissed if other kids were preventing my kid from learning.
My thoughts exactly! My first instinct would be to trust the teacher's word, not my toddler
That’s my thing when my daughter doesn’t pay attention to her teacher. I freaking pay her you need to pay attention.
Right? My kid acted like that, she'd be in DEEP 💩
Everyone has Gentle Parenting confused with Passive Parenting. Gentle parenting; you are still implementing authority and discipline but by doing it without screaming, manipulating or laying hands on your child. You can still be authoritative while giving respect to your child who you’re demanding respect from. Passive parenting is letting them do what they want, when they want, no repercussions, authority or boundaries. Also I’m a millennial with an 18 month old and she knows 200 words already so I think it really depends on the child and the parenting.
100% 👏👏👏
THIS. So many people don't understand that gentle parenting is just teaching by using emotional intelligence
I think one example of gentle parenting is Bluey. It's gentle, but the parents explain to the kids what they've done wrong, and the show tells us what's wrong/right. I'm a little obsessed with it😅
I’m 19: One thing I see barely anyone mention is how students are still exposed to technology even without their phones in school. Every Class has a TV and Chromebook’s where I went from 2016-2022 when I was in school. When I was in elementary school we only used the tv when it’s the last Friday of the 6 weeks, PE exercise videos, history lesson, and science class with bull nye or nature documentaries.
I didn’t get a phone until 6-7th grade and I didn’t use social media so much until 2019. I had a Nintendo DS as my phone before 6-7th grade. Before 2019 I only used my phone for games and to text and call people.
In high school when we followed the phone guidelines before 2021 we could only use our phone in these situations.
1. During passing period
2. Pep rally or emergency drills
3. If the teacher let us after we finished our work.
I only used my phone in those circumstances.
I currently work in childcare. Some of these kids act wild. At times it's complete chaos.
I'm the only man on staff at our center. I've noticed that some of the women better manage behavioral issues than I do. I thought it may be because I'm newer in the field and they have more experience, but that's only part of the picture.
I had a particularly tender bonding moment with two boys (age 4 and 5). These two are really hard to control. I had one on each knee and was bouncing them. They were loving this moment. I realized something. The two boys wanted to bond with a man. I began to notice when some of the boys misbehaved, what they were really seeking (in an inappropriate way) was attention from a male figure.
Now, it's hard to say the exact cause. Could it be they have father issues at home? Could it be in an environment where almost all the adults are female, that they go a bit nuts to seek attention when a big brother/father figure is around?
While I don't want to take away from the importance of mothers in our society, because they are extremely important, kids (particularly young boys) need solid male role models. Fathers are extremely important, and are often the missing element when a couple goes through a divorce. One of the issues is we need more real men in our society--guys that are strong, compassionate, with a solid moral foundation and focus on family.
I'm a teacher and LORD the amount of parents who shouldn't be allowed to have kids is baffling to me. Every day I have to teach kids basic things like how to spell 'color' or 'I love you'...I wish I was joking. I've tried time and time again to try to get these kids interested in things like singing or art or literally anything that isn't TikTok or their iPad, but when I try to bring this up I always get met with backlash. I have never been more scared in my life than I am in my class. Just today I had a kid (2nd grader) try to hit me... HIT ME. Of course not every kid is horrible for example, I have 2 good kids who might I add are the ONLY 2 students whose parents AREN'T millennials and they are angels. They listen and actually do what i say.
How to spell colour.
@@bhante1345it’s color in the US
Yes, which is still wrong.@@mq1847
Ugh, I am so sorry for my generation's parenting, or lack thereof. I generally like being a millennial but millennial parents are making me embarrassed to be one. You'll be glad to know I don't have kids and just talked with my doctor about getting sterilized! Lol
Have some bloody kids and get on with it.@@whelkpeopleofdoom
I feel for the ballet teacher. I’m 57 and when I was in ballet class if I had told my teacher I wasn’t going to do anything she told me to do, I’m pretty sure she would have escorted me to the lobby and sent me home with a check refunding my tuition.
I thought ballet in exchange for free tuition for the adult dance classes. The kids I had were really I’ll behaved. I was able to blackmail them into behaving when I was made casting director for the recital…until one dance mom found out and had me fired as well as kicked out of the school.
Exactly. Ballet is such an organized environment. Like that behavior is not tolerated. I don't remember a problem like this ever in all my years of dance classes from KY, to MS, to IL. ballet was fun for us girls. U were happy to do what the teacher told u to. It's an extra-curricular activity.!!! The behavior is so bizarre!
@@TEWMUCHI'm 33, and would never had dared to go against a teacher. But I have to say, ballet was not fun for me. My teacher made fun of me for being dyslexic multiple times. I couldn't make friends in the class because she basically encouraged the girls to also make fun of me. I quit ballet at 13 because I was literally being bullied by the teacher.
@@YasuTaniina I can see that. I've heard negative ballet stories too. I'm sorry you were bullied by an adult.
Thanks for this! Wife and I fight over devices she used as sedation and quiet tool. I finally took it away and after this, the tablet in her car is next. I dont have one in my truck. Kid uses toys and books. Yeah, this was a big wake up. Not my kid!
The reason the current generation doesn't want to do anything is because they don't have any goals...... They are basically told "Make money and buy stuff"
What goal is that?
or get a relationship or "pussy" as us men say it like ok so fucking some random girl is my life?
I'm currently in 8th grade and let me just say the direction we’re going in is not good. In my school alone there's been 2 incidents where 7th graders have come to school drunk, several (I think like 3/4?) times were girls nudes were leaked, a bathrooms being shut down over kids being caught having sex and drugs, another bathroom being shut down over kids using it as a vape room, an elderly teacher being pushed down stairs on purpose and about 14ish fights. Want to know the craziest part? all this happened this school year so far,so about in the span of about 2 months. The people here are insufferable, people here think everything revolves around them and it drives me mad. You can tell how many were actually disciplined right and who were not.
Something I've noticed is nowadays you're either not disciplined at all or disciplined to a level where you can’t breathe without your parents. I'm talking kids yelling at teachers, throwing desks around and getting physical with our vice principal when their phone gets taken. However on the contrary kids are so sheltered to the point their parents are setting them up for failure. Like they aren’t taught any practical social skills or about violence, which is especially bad considering the area we live in. I’m constantly being complimented over being able to do basic things. Knowing how to cook, speaking politely and not cursing, not being stuck to my phone, helping my parents and really any basic thing. It’s truly sad seeing how the people around me are glued and depend on their phones like it’s what's giving them life.
Parents no longer want to parent it seems. I was in elementary school about a year ago. Since my elementary school goes from kinder to 6th, I remember seeing the kindergarteners bring ipads to school and on the playground since many tried sneaking them in. In my school we had this thing where when you got to 6th grade your class would buddy-up with a 2nd grade class. Essentially you would spend time with a 2nd grader for about an hour a week. I got the sweetest little 2nd grader yet she seemed so surprised I was actually willing to play and spend time with her. She mentioned how her siblings were always on the tv and how busy her mom was. If this doesn’t sum up life nowadays I don't know what does. Parents no longer parenting, kids depending on electronics, kids and teens who are well behaved being treated like a rare sighting of some extinct animal, it is genuinely heartbreaking.
Please for the love of god only have children if you're willing to do what it takes to be a parent and not just throw a tablet at them.
You are very well spoken for your age. It's such a shame you have to go through this at school.
Same here, I hope these kids and parents will have a come to Jesus soon.
It seems that some parents either forgot or don't understand how much of a duty they have.
More and more, I see boundaries being eroded, as if there's no good reason for the boundaries to be there in the first place.
If you look at all the children who misbehave, you'll find that an overwhelming majority of them likely come from a single mother household. The children who are well behaved likely are from a two parent household. Father's have traditionally been the disciplinarian; so when they're absent or have little minimal time with their children, this is often the result.
This is depressing, and I’m not that much older than you. I’m only 23 and feel like I haven’t been out of school that long, and yet this sounds nothing like the environment I grew up in. I had a really nice public school, diverse, everyone followed the rules for the most part, a fight was an extremely rare sighting, more rare than a bomb threat. At this point, I can’t decide if I wanna have kids, to try to make some decent humans in society, or skip having kids because of the inevitable influence they’ll have around them in class, with friends, and online. I know a lot of people say it, but I’d so much rather go tech free, give them a burner and see how much better they fare. A little tv is one thing, but bingeing and swiping on ten second videos for hours is rotting their brains, more than SpongeBob ever did for my brothers or I.
My mom teaches middle school. Last year, she was teaching at a school in a low income area. She had an 8th grade girl who dealt drugs in the bathroom. One day, she watched that girl beat up another girl so bad, the girl she assaulted was in the hospital overnight with a concussion, and it took 3 teachers, including my mom, to break up the fight if I remember correctly. The assaulter’s friends didn’t do anything to stop her, they filmed the assault and posted it on social media. My mom met with the victim’s mom the next morning. She was in tears.
Couple years ago, she had a kid who refused to listen. Little 6th grader who wore maybe 5 pounds of crap on her eyelashes, fake tan, bleached hair. When she dared to discipline the kid, her grandmother came in and yelled at her in the hallway. That girl’s grandmother wasn’t the only one who yelled at my mom. One kid’s mom had the balls to do it in front of a classroom full of kids.
She’s since moved to a much better area, but my heart hurts for those kids and that school because they’re all screwed.
There was a altercation the town over from me between two Boyd’s over a girl. A boy pulled out a knife and stabbed the other boy and they filmed it they didn’t call the cops, they didn’t try to get help from the stores that were around the parking lot this happened in. They then posted the video of this boy dying to social media. So horrible, such a scary world to raise children in. I left NY bc I just couldn’t imagine raising my kids there we are in NC and it definitely seems a little better here.
Two examples of why im not having children. Don't want my child to have to be around these evil demon children.
I think motherhood , teaching and educating is essential and so valuable but underrated and undervalued. The hard work that goes into teaching. It’s so exhausting yet so needed but so under appreciated by society. It’s a paradox.
@@PurpleGold. I bet you a 1000 of your murican currency, that vast majority of those kids come from single mother households.
My mother us a retired Special Education teacher. Her first year teaching where we live,( we moved to a very small rural town in Southeastern NC from Charlotte NC when she got remarried) she was deliberately stabbed in her thigh with a pencil by a student and she was pregnant at the time as well!
My mom has had 2 broken arms, several broken toes, and she's even been groped by male students that were 3-5 times her size.(My mom is about 5'2" at 135lbs)
My mother dealt with a lot of bullshit from students and parents, however she's one of the few adults that had a genuine passion and desire to be a Special Education teacher; she obviously wasn't there for the paycheck, I believe before she retired with 30+ years in the public school system she was making roughly $50k-$55k a year.
Teachers have to deal with a lot that is not part of the job they are already under paid for!
Never blame the kids, always blame the parents on how they fail to raise a child.
If the schools would take the tablets and chrome books out of the class room and go old school with actual textbooks I feel that the education outcomes would be different. Also parents stop having the tablets, computers, and social media be the babysitters.
A hundred years ago, we had kids not going to school, not getting an education. Now most of our kids go to school but they're not getting an education anyway.
Illiteracy hasn't been a problem in literally a hundred years
I'm gonna be honest here, I'm from a very expensive highschool, it's a private highschool and the cost to even get in these classes are like half of what my parents pay for the house every month. Everything I learn is from home, not even at school. I learned how to talk in english all by myself because my english teacher does not care, I had to give up on history classes because the techer doesn't care and I simply do not have the time to learn everything myself, I had to give up on spanish because the teacher doesn't care. The only teacher that cares about stuff is the french teacher because she is the one who created this school. I'm from France if you ask so yeah it's not just the US
Oh and they died of the flu
@@El_chara Do your parents know what a waste of time and money that school is?
@@El_charaRah ouais chaud, c'est grave, tes darons savent au moins? histoire d'éviter de se faire arnaquer d'avantage
I separated with my girlfriend 2 weeks ago because her daughter would be on the computer playing games and literally screaming for about 15 hours straight. She started doing it about 3 years ago, and every time I tried to impose restrictions on her time on the computer I was told not to cause problems. She was 12 when this started and now she has graduated to constantly swearing. Saying the F word all the time. I was a soldier for 20 years and I’m no stranger to swearing, but this was on another level. I finally had enough and I said to my girlfriend, “you and your ex husband have caused this, because you refuse to say no!!”.
So I packed my things and left. Parents today just refuse to discipline their children and as a result, that have no idea that when they enter the real world, they’re going to be in for a rude shock.
I decided a while back that my son wasn't having any more TV time at all. He's a toddler. I instead took him to the store and bought him some toys so that he can play like a normal kid instead of sitting and staring at the TV for entertainment. He did already have toys, but many didn't really appeal to him, and of course kids prefer the TV over playing with their toys anyway, I thought getting him some new ones would be a good idea. He's been doing a lot better, still throws a little tantrum once in a while but I suppose that's normal for little kids, plus it's nowhere near as bad. Before, he threw a really bad tantrum and was throwing stuff around and screaming and I lost it. I spanked him and he looked at me and said "I'm sorry daddy" in the most pathetic way. I'm a combat veteran myself and it just about broke my damn heart. I think it's pretty evident that, especially at a young age, watching TV too much is not good. I was always with him to make sure he wasn't watching anything bad, sometimes I'd even watch some of his favorite shows with him, but I swear that shit is like a drug for kids. My wife and I tried limiting how much TV he would watch in a day, but it still seems to put them in a bad mood. Better to do away with it entirely until they're a bit older at least.
Don't date single moms
Man, you should have left sooner. Any mom that doesn't kick their child offline when they start getting angry and teach them ways to stay calm and how to regulate their emotions is NOT PARENTING! But I'm glad you eventuay made it out of there. I do understand why it took you long though..I know it isn't that simple and we all have our reasons for loyalty and wanting better for the people we consider to be our family, but the mom clearly had no respect for you as a man and as a stepfather. I'm sorry you went through that and I'm sure it still affects you to this day because it's not easy trying so long to be a family and grow. Especially in today's world! I hope you can find somebody who deserves you, and in the meantime just focus on yourself and your own growth!
I think a small, set amount of tv time - time with certain shows, like Bluey or something you know is safe and decent - is fine for small kids, but they shouldn't be growing up in front of a screen - whether a tablet, phone or TV, and certainly not with unsupervised access to who knows what. My old roommate's nephew knows and says a lot of HORRIBLE things and his mom is always like "I have no idea where he heard that!" Well, maybe if you PAID ATTENTION TO WHAT HE'S DOING ON THAT TABLET HE HAS HAD LITERALLY SINCE BIRTH BECAUSE YOU USED IT AS A BABY MONITOR, you'd know!@@iamnotafraid
@@moonstruck8245 Fantastic, that's your opinion, I have my own as well. And I'm pretty sure I said this already, but my son never had unlimited/unrestricted access to the TV/internet. I was also always nearby monitoring what was playing. I have no idea why you're getting so angry when you're the one who's jumping to conclusions.
Im scared of them growing up and driving
I'm 29 and grew up in a rural area. I would say about half the kids in my school were unruly and delinquent. The school had 400 kids
As an teenager who is in their last year in middle school almost every single kid I’ve known has done drugs, and I’m not just talking about weed. I’m talking about opiates. The attention span of 99% of the kids in my classes cannot even read a paragraph without complaining about it. Some of them don’t even know how to do basic adding because it takes “ too much motivation” it’s really really sad and I definitely think a major play is technology. Please do never let your kid get raised on technology, and given them a device under the age of 13 at least 😑 it destroys their attention span, innocence, personality, and introduces them into topics that can cause mental illness. And also it’s your job as a parent to actually parent your kids and not throw them to a device. Do not have kids if you’re not gonna raise your kids and I think it’s as simple as that.
Perfectly said. Parents need to actually be a parent. It's hard work and it takes A LOT of energy. I get it...life is hard, work is hard, and people are exhausted. However, raising a kid "right" shouldn't be optional. You chose to have the child...you can't just check out when it gets hard.
Honestly, I feel bad for the kids. They are going to grow up and be in for a rude awakening when they become adults. They also don't understand how behaving in those ways can be harmful and can stunt them well into adulthood. It's a shame honestly.
I can only hope there are more people in your generation like you, seems like your parents did their job right too. I agree especially about the technology part, mostly. It's okay even for small kids, but in small degrees. I'm 43 now, when I was a kid I watched TV or played console games (NES back in my day), but my parents only allowed me to do that for 1 hour max per day and only made an exception every now and then when we were watching a movie together.
You are unbelievably wise for a teenager. You should be extremely proud of yourself to be able to perceive these things and evaluate them reasonably and fairly. I would be willing to bet you do very well in life!!!
When I was in school, we didn't have middle school, it was junior high school, meaning we was mixed in with high school kids & it was a mix of some was coming to school high & others were not, but it was a different time back then because PARENTS would whoop that butt back in the day & Teachers & Principal's didn't take 💩 off the students either. Maybe that's what it needs to go back to & stop the Political Correctness 🤔
Opiates in middle school?…damn that’s just sad
My wife is pregnant with our first child and a video like this just further motivates me to make sure my kid is a well disciplined, respectful member of society.
i think if aduly says do something, the kid can report the adult to school for abuse? like diddent allow candy = starving nowadays.
@@nightmarerex2035 my wife worked for the DCPP for a few years, we know how that whole system works.
Best advice I can give you is SPEND time w your kid. Everyday play with them for 30 minutes (minimal) . Don't just give them the iPad or youtube. Stay calm but firm when correcting a behavior. But #1 emotional well being of a child is being there and being interested in what they are doing starting from birth.
@@olgabushak2942 ❤️ thank you for the advice
It’s not hard. Books over electronics. Read to them. Easy.
This has been slowly happening for years. Bad parenting, no discipline they don’t understand the meaning of the word NO. I was taxi driver for 25 years and I can’t recall so many situations where the child was in control of the parents. I can remember one occasion when a mother told her 4 year old to put a seat belt on, the child refused, she said you have to because I want you to be safe. She managed to get the seatbelt on and the child started to kick out and scream and shout. She tried to calm him down I said I didn’t mind the screaming and shouting and he had to have it on. After about 2 minutes she took it off and let him win, so the next time she gets in a car and tries to put a seat belt on again what is the child going to do, yes you got it scream until, it gets his own way. I see a parent in a shop telling their child they cannot have something and the child shows off and gets upset, I think what a good parent you keep it up. But you hear people tutting and giving evil looks. I quite often say well done you’re being a good parent, keep it up.
As a parent if said no to my child I would never go back on that, no means no ! It doesn’t mean maybe, possibly, could do or if you scream enough it will turn into a yes ! It means NO ! If you never change your mind your child will never ask again, simple. I had a parent one in the taxi tell her child if you don’t do as your told you will not go not the disney holiday next week, I said don’t ever say anything your not willing to follow through on because if you make a threat you not able to keep, your teaching your child your threats never mean anything and they can do want they want without repercussions. Parenting should be taught in schools, because every generation is getting worse. My sister was the same a child at 4 misbehaving could be considered cute a 15 year old child misbehaving is dam scary!!
Regarding the last part. I'd say a 4 year old misbehaving is quite normal. At that age, kids are probably still trying to grasp how the world works, which means they'll likely try out stuff including misbehavior because they don't know it's bad. So you can teach them it's bad when it comes up.
I am a millennial with 4 and 3 year old boys. Sometimes I compare myself with my friends and I think that I can be too strict or harsh with my kids. My kids don’t have a “calm down corner”, I limit iPad time, and we (gasp!) do time outs. I see my friends and I think, man I need to gentle parent more but I never, ever want to have wild, feral children! I have been down on myself the entire time I’ve been a parent about not gentle parenting right while getting kids to listen.
Videos like this tell me I’m on the right track after all and just keep the course. Thank you to all the educators who let us know what’s really going on. I have started doing more letters and numbers activities at home and making sure they see me read actual books to encourage literacy. I think another HUGE problem is the PARENTS addiction to technology. The more they see us on our phones the more they want it too. I try my best to not have my eyes on my phone even if I am listening to something in the background. My kids see me doing things around the house or with my eyes on them as much as possible. I’m not perfect at this but I’m really really trying.
The last comment I have to make is that many school districts got rid of phonics classes to teach reading contextually. I can’t remember what the method was called but basically the idea is that children would learn reading the way they learn speech, in context, without sounding words out. So when Covid hit lots of parents got the shock of their lives to find out their kids couldn’t read! Even though they received good grades, the grades were based off of reading passages that the teacher had prepared with them a few times, not on the fly reading like we had to do for tests growing up. I think this is getting reversed now. When we moved, I made sure our district was one that never got rid of phonics. Anyway, that’s the end of my rant 😅 I just feel very, very strongly about this topic.
As a 16 year old, I can confirm that this is all true. People are acting like they’re in elementary school many students are failing and I’m just seeing them get passing grades for doing nothing.
I’m so sorry. Thats gotta be tough for those of you out there that are functioning/competent people.
The world is tough and it's getting tougher by the day. Don't fall for what those kids are selling. Keep your nose to the grindstone and when you're walking across the stage getting your degree before heading off to your $100,000+/year job you will begin hearing through the grapevine about the people you once knew heading to prison, being addicted to drugs, or worse.
In today's economy mediocrity is not going to cut it. My daughter is in her third year of Computer Science at university and she is already getting amazing internships and job offers after graduation. It's only a short period of time that you need to hustle. You won't be sorry when you have the world at your feet. And with the way many kids are going you will have far less competition if you choose a good major!
Good luck! Don't fall for the okey doke!
I'm 35 now, fk I'm old. This isn't new, when I was in 8th grade in 2001 our class average was 5.3(5th grade third month) That's with two of us that got to 16(maxed), some were as low as 2.5ish most were in the mid fourth level.
My dad is dyslexic and not the best reader but he always took the time to read me Dr Suess and take me to the library, I'm so thankful he's always done what's right for me.
Kids in my senior class are still acting like middle schoolers and it's so surprising to me how everyone thinks this is normal. They are miss behaving, disrespecting the teachers and classmates, dumb as rocks, and no one thinks anything is off... Or at least no one cares enough to do something about it
Yeah, honestly I have a completely different experience. Most of my classmates are well-behaved. But what concerns me are the course averages. All of them are extremely low. Like below 60% low. 50 is failing...
As a teacher I’m carrying these kids. I teach fourth grade and they STRUGGLE. It feels like the millennial parents don’t care. I reach out, I give suggestions, I give referrals for resources, and nothing from the parents. It feels up to me to try to get these kids to learn, it feels so unsupported from parents.
We pray for teachers like you. God bless you.
I appreciate teachers like you! Its refreshing to have a teacher inform me of issues and abilitys.
Well I guess you are glad millennials are less likely to have kids and alot are putting a massive amount of thought into the ramifications of having kids
I teach fourth too and they are SO BEHIND. I feel like I’m in a battle everyday and NO ONE CARES! Parents actually tell me- I’m too busy. One parent said that’s what I (as a teacher) signed up for .
I can’t do this much longer. I hate my life right now.
@@june-cz1cw Unfortunately, I bet the ones that are doing that would be 10 times more fit to be parents than the ones who are currently having children or have them.
Smart people are opting out of having kids, what does that leave us with? Dumb people reproducing by the masses, which means our next generation will be raised by dumbasses.
Thank you for sharing this video. Everything you’re saying in this video is so true 💯 percent. Last year, I was working with the afterschool kids ages 7 through high school. The kids were so busy on their phones scrolling through Facebook, TikTok, and instagram. This one kid told me he got suspended from school for cursing and throwing a chair at the teacher, just because the teacher told him to put his phone away. The afterschool students were so out of control. They are rude, disrespectful, they talk back to another adult, throwing things at each other, refuse to sit down, constantly on their phones, iPads, and laptops. I told the students to clean up and throw their trash in the garbage bin, one kid tells me no, you can’t tell me what to do, you’re not my mom. Also I told a couple of students to do their homework. The students will tell me no and will curse me out. The afterschool kids just wanted to be on their phones, iPads, and listen to explicit music as well. It was the most horrible traumatic experience I’ve ever encountered. The afterschool kids are horrible. I was helping this student that is 7 years old, and don’t know how to do basic math. And most of the teens are reading on second and third grade levels. They have terrible attention span, since they can’t function properly. Because all they know is about TikTok, Facebook, and instagram. And I blame the parents, because they aren’t helping their children by leading them in the right direction and become successful, these parents are hurting their children by teaching their children bad behavior, and not to respect adults whatsoever. These kids are experiencing adult things at an early young age, the Sephora kids want to wear make up and do skin care, wearing tight clothes, parents letting their children have social media at a very early young age, smoking, drinking, want to listen to explicit music that isn’t even age appropriate, drag queens coming to elementary and middle school to talk to children how to be a drag. queen, and to twerk for money smh. These parents are not raising their kids right, these parents are teaching their young children to do adult things by having them grow up so fast. Let kids be kids by taking them outside and do physical activities. This generation is doomed. The system is failing and broken. And it needs to be repaired.
If someone told me one of my children did something wrong, I'd look at my child and say, "What are they talking about? Did you do that?" If they say they did, I made them apologize, own up to it, etc.
Highschooler here, these kids are AWFUL.
My school is already in a not so great area, but they’ve stolen teachers cars/leys more then once, refuse to go to class and are super loud in the halls, curse at teachers, disrespect teachers, attack teachers, argue back and forth, and are overall just awful to deal with.
The bathrooms and hallways often smell like weed, nobody can stay off their phone (a bit guilty of this myself, but I do put it away without needing to be told unlike some people who’d rather go head to head with the teacher just doing their job), they don’t flush the toilet and are always loitering in the bathrooms taking up stalls.
I can’t wait to graduate and go college with people who actually WANT to learn. I’m really sick of this.
Don’t even get me started on the little kids on my school bus, fighting, making a mess, never sitting down in a moving vehicle after being told multiple times, threatening our drivers, and so. much. sex talk! It’s gross to hear from these little kids, but they’re so loud my headphones aren’t enough 😢.
Quick warning from someone who thought similarly in high school... college/university isn't any better. You think that surely people who literally paid to go there and learn would be focused on that, but... in my experience there's only a very slightly higher rate of that than in public school. Additionally, you tend to think that the quality of education will be at least somewhat proportional to your expense, but that is also mostly illusory. Higher cost generally translates to better/nicer school facilities and services, but rarely seems to impact actual education. It's going to continue to be just as much work to get through an adult society made of these same people as it has been to get through as a minor. Sounds like you're doing your best so far, keep it up, and remember that not *literally* everyone else is happily chasing the lowest common denominator, even though it often feels that way.
my highschool isn't as bad, but the drug problems are definitely there. Its to the point there are usually so many girls in the bathroom vaping between periods that you can't use the bathroom. kids even vape DURING CLASS and on the bus.
and i thought i had it rough...
To be honest I don’t want to learn either
@@SlowMonoxide maybe if I get into Harvard it'll be better 😭
Teacher here. Those videos are absolutely right. I lasted at my first placement fresh out of college for a single year because the behavior was out of control. In that single school year I was threatened so many times I lost count, one kid threatened to "take me out" on my way to the car, principal gave him a single day of ALC (which to those not in the know is the new ISS), and he was right back in my room the next day. I was punched in the face breaking up a fight, I've been shoved, had a chair thrown at me, had my wallet stolen out of my bag, water poured on my desk, not to mention the sheer number of names I've been called, names that if a grown man called me on the street, we'd have a scrap.
All of that on top of every bell, seeing 25 phones in the face of 25 kids, kids by the way who would rather die or lose a limb than put their phone away for 5 minutes. Oh, and if you threaten to take it....OOOOOOOOOOOOH boy, now you've done it. I literally had a freshman girl yell in my face about how she's gonna beat my ass if I try to take her phone away. I'm 32 years old, I'm 6'1 covered in tattoos, bald headed with a pointy beard, and she was MAYBE 5ft tall.
Kids today are out of control. I know every generation seems to say that about the previous, but in this case, it's absolutely true. I'm a millennial, and I'm lucky enough to now teach at the HS I graduated from, which is a pretty good school, and I'd never even attempt to act the way these kids act. There's no severe consequences because admins are afraid of getting sued, parents don't give a shit and when they do its either because their precious baby couldn't have been wrong or, my favorite, when the put on the concerned act and promise their kid will straighten up, but they never do. We pass kids who can't even read at an appropriate level because if we fail them en masse, the school district might lose funding. There's no standard for excellence anymore. Kids act a fool, constantly in trouble? Well, he has a rough home life. Kids never show up to first bell? Well the parent has a hard time getting them to school, so we let it go. Kids use appalling language? Well, that's just how they talk now, so pick your battles. I'm all for inclusivity, making our schools a welcoming space (instead of a safe space) and providing extra help and time when they're needed, but while doing that can we also maybe take some time make sure the kids can read and write? Because we're graduating an entire generation who doesn't know even the most basic shit
I must ask this question. What state do you live in?
this. I had to quit after a year and a half. 99 percent of the kids just yelled over my instruction, threw things at me, cussed me out and broke my supplies for 8 hours a day every day. It was torture and the stress has impacted my health to this day. there is no repricussion for poor behavior anymore so they see no point in behaving.
that's a shit show ! It would have never gone down in my high school I gradated from in '07!
I used to be a teacher and the sad thing is that nothing of what you said is exaggerated or misleading in any way. I agree 100%. It’s just sad, maybe us millennials and older gen z will see how bad it is and make a change with their own families.
I'm a early gen z my school experience was basically watching a live Re enactment of Lord of the flies combined with Gladiator my second year of high school someone did me over to the point i needed ice packs and to spend the rest of the day with the nurse then going home the student who did it his punishment was taking a Learning assistant so those few members of staff who assist kids with disabilities during their lessons and having the student who did me in have that learning assistant permanently for the rest of their schooling to watch him. So this kid did me in and his Punishment was taking a assistant permanently from the disabled portion of my year because the school didn't want to expel him and my third year one of his friends had a disagreement with him and one of them ended up with a broken arm and still no one was expelled or truly disciplined which got worse because obviously they kept escalating as they realised there was no real punishment and even with the city council representatives asking the heads of the school directly what actions were taken no one had a answer when the truth of the situation is all these clowns are scared of being sued or just bad press.
It's the lack of interaction with the parents/ adults around them who prefer to be on their phones than deal with them and the time spent on screens/ tik tok, etc. We're dealing with the same problems in France... Children are behind and out of control...
the problem is in every developed country. I was in Finland a short time ago, and they have this very wise approach to technology. No cellphones in school, and turn off electronic devices a few hours a week. Just go outside, and enjoy nature. Scandinavian countries really are an example to follow. (I'm from Portugal. and juvenile crime rates here, are skyrocketing like never before.)
As a sixth grader going to seventh grade in like 20 days, everyone at my school is so wild. They scream inside the class, throw chairs and desks at each other and when they are threatened with their parents getting a call from them they say "oh my parents won't care". Most of them can't even spell names nor can they do math(i can't do math very well but it's not the same as how they are.) they don't pay attention and yet still have the audacity to insult the people who actually do stuff in class. I'm not saying that hitting the kids is anywhere near a good punishment but goddamn my classmates are just absolutely horrible.
The movie ' Idiocracy ' was a documentary. And now we are seeing how they arrived there
No doubt! 🤦
I was just thinking that.
I use this movie as a reference all the time!!!
Fun fact, the costume designer wanted to find shoes that were so stupid that everybody in the movie would wear and she found a kickstarter and thought the shoes were so ridiculous that they were perfect...those shoes were Krocs XD
I'd vote for Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho for president
I’m Gen Z, I work in retail and some parents allow their kids to run around destroying things consistently. It’s so disappointing to see the disregard they have, both parents and their children.
Your generation is literally running around trying to destroy our country
Omg this! I work at a makeup store and people do not give a flying fu** what their kids do to product or how they behave. It’s deplorable.
Darling, I used to work in retail 20 years ago and your generation was running around destroying things all the same. Had a boy once, who hit his head on the table so hard he needed stitches, his mum was trying things on, and dad did not care about him running around the store and even shouted at one of my colleagues for gently telling him to calm the child down. Shortly after the incident, GAP outlet UK got round displays tables 🤣🤣
@@natalijasmirnova7589darling, F off if you don’t think it’s worse now
In most cases, they bring their kids into public so they destroy other people's stuff & get them tired so that when they get home, they don't have enough energy to wreak havoc at home.
I am a middle schooler. And I can tell you, the drugs are so bad. I hear constant talks about “oh that kid overdosed”, “that bathroom is closed due to high drug dealing” one kid was hospitalized due to these drugs. It is just so bad.
I did ballett when I was 4-5 years old and I loved my teacher, I loved doing it, I loved the nice words I got I did everything and I respected my teacher. Im 19 now and I still not talk back to my teachers, yes, I make comments about them, but in my head and diary sometimes to my friends, but that is crazy.
And for the ballett teacher, I saw she held back her tears, I think she was kind of done with them mentally, but I feel bad for her, she looks like a nice and joyfull teacher :(
Kids should NOT have electronics much less freaking social media and I dont care what anyone says I wont be convinced otherwise.I will die on this hill.
Same agreed
Agree!
As a teen that had been involved with social media ever since I was 9, I full-heartedly agree. It ruined me, but at least I'm able to recognize it; however, others don't. It's inescapable by now and as we text whatever the hell on whichever website we are practically just writing our will.
I used to be SO ADDICTED to social media, especially TikTok. Now at the age of 17, I've had all social media deleted for a year and have never felt better. I don't care if I'm not caught up on stupid trends, at least my attention span isn't fried
@cutstring the fact that you were able to make and keep that decision at your age, an age where the societal presurre is insane and cell phones are treated like an essential organ, is commendable. Good for you for not going with the current! You'll continue being happier cause of that decision.
This is totally on the parents. It’s also cultural. We filled our daughter’s room with books and read to her almost from the day she was born. My husband spent many a night next to her crib reading to her. Yet when a fellow teacher had a baby I literally had to give her a box of baby books to get her reading with her little one. If you value education, you will pass it on.
Beautiful! I had a 7 months old and in the first months I was buying collections of books and I was so excited to read them to her, I still can't wait for the time she'll actually understand more things. Sometimes a day gets skipped but so far it's one of my favourite activities!
Great job! I think your daughter will definitely have a head start which will help. Not saying their won't be challenges, but be patient and keep it up and she should do well.
As a kid myself, my mom would take me to the library a lot. Now as a teenager, I’m awesome at English, reading, and history. Please keep doing what your doing.
I meant when I was a little kid lol
@@filmjustice4172 she’s 17 now, a senior who never brings home anything lower than A/B grades. Works Monday thru Friday at an extended day academy to pay for her own expenses. Today she’s more of an artist than a reader but academically she is still very strong in Language Arts. Our home is still filled with books and just the other day we were packing up her childhood books to clear out our guest room for family … we had a great time together and reminisced over our favorite books and she filled two boxes with her favorites to save for her own children one day.
Shameful parents create shameful kids.....there needs to be a limit on how many kids a family can create or not allow any kids at all if parents are not being dutiful in fulfilling their parenting obligations and nurturing beneficial members of society. If poor parents are not held accountable, what's going to force them to create the truly required loving and disciplined environment that will help their kid become the best they can be? They should get fined to be honest if multiple incidents incur without improvement.
As grandad said in The Boondocks "have you tried an ass whooping?" to that mom in the supermarket with the kid acting a fool. 🤣😡
If I ever told a teacher they were not my mom/dad so I don't have to listen to them. I don't even want to know what my dad would've done to me
Get kids addicted to tech, discourage parents from disciplining, and make sure the kids are getting dumber seems like a great way to make sure the population is easy to control when they become adults.
they have already done it with adults
@@ZLK132not all adults. 😅
They've been on this program for over two decades. Fucking obviously it's working
@@viciousLUA certainly not all but a good part
Everything's going according to my plan...
...AND NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO STOP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (devious laughter)
I've been teaching middle school for more than 30 years. There are a number of reasons for what is happening. Parents are spoiled themselves. They don't like to discipline their kids and they'd rather bribe their kids so the kids live in a world where they always get what they want. Parents behave this way because they are selfish and they don't have spiritual goals. Raising children must be seen as the responsibility to make the world a better place by doing our best to make sure the next generation has values.
I'd expect that parents with inflated sense of selves might see their children as glowing extensions of them rather than as a reflection of all their personal flaws. However, even if you had well meaning parents, they might be too busy to notice their children's lack of skills. Or, if the homework is online, it may not be as simple as "show me the book". I'd assume the process of taking 15 minutes to check on your child's education would mean that you'd notice if their grade was A but they couldn't spell their own name and convey the notion that education was important.
Some people I know work in education. They have various complaints. Recently one of them mentioned that he was used as a substitute. When he asked the kids where they were up to, I think he said they refused to say. So he asked the good kids and they said "please don't make trouble for us". Other complaints i've heard have been that people in admin were so data fixated (and hadn't taught in decades) that doing your job and failing a child might be seen as messing with test scores. If memory serves, there have been instances of widespread teacher fraud. That's gotta speak to incentives, right?
It's extra funny because you're the ones that made them like that..... If you're in your 50s-60s, the millennials are YOUR kids, so any failures on their part were failures on your part first. But heaven forbid a Gen X or boomer take responsibility for the chaos they've caused society lmfao
@@victorcates9330I think one of the biggest issues is that we're currently in a generation of parents who are bombarded with "you have childhood trauma and need to heal" videos. They don't raise their kids with the idea that they're raising a new them, they're still caught up trying to blame someone for the issues they have. We're the most distracted generation of parents in the sense that we have technology at our fingertips constantly to disconnect from whatever situation we're in, even if we don't intent to. I see kids, now, who are screaming for boundaries and connection but they're met with the opposite: parents who feel guilty all the time and aren't capable of connecting with anything that isn't behind their screen. Their kids are being raised the same, "you need to feel connected? Here's a video game where you can talk to people all over the world". We've changed, as a whole, but what children need hasn't. I wish parents today would realize that there's never going to be anything on their phone that's more important than the tiny beautiful humans they created standing in front of them asking for love, connection and confident leadership.
I left the video to listen to the song, heard the first minute and couldn't handle my brain melting any further... so sad that children are bring influenced by this kind of ADULT CONTENT :(
People are always telling me I should be a teacher. I will now show them this video as my response. Thanks for the video!!!!
I'm a millennial (31 to be exact). If a teacher asked me to do something, and I ever said "you're not my mom/dad" like that, my actual mom and dad would have BEYOND punished me for doing so (and I would have 100% deserved it).
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Teachers don't get the support they need from most admins too.
My pop would have lightened me up
I'm in the same boat as you. only my father was british army drill instructor. Hooo boy. the skies fallin down if he got mad!
You would have straight up gotten slapped in the face as a kid if you did that.
As an elementary teacher, I'd say the biggest problem is the environments these kids are being exposed to. Kids are sponges. Naturally they learn to mimic the behaviors of others. With so many kids growing up with tiktok and unlimited screen time, these kids are being exposed to so much more that is outside of their age range. I have so many little ones who say things and do things they've been exposed to. Some of them don't truly realize what they are saying/doing but increasingly it feels like a lot of them do. I have 9 year olds telling their classmates to 'get on your knees and suck it' and saying how they are going to 'clap their cheeks'. It's so heartbreaking. I wish I knew how to protect these children. They may seem like 'monsters' but society is their Frankenstein/creator.
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I don’t even know what to say. WOW!!! 😮
If you've never heard of Dr. Spock, do some research on his child care books. Punishing a child would ruin their self esteem. Give in to whatever your child wants. I believe that was a curse that has evolved with every generation since the boomers. The Dr. Spock legacy has turned into a monster.
That is upsetting. i Agree with your thoughts.
I hope your are referring these kids to child services. Their parents are clearly neglecting and/or abusing them.
I’m in middle school, almost in high school, I was lucky that the only use of my iPad was Netflix and animal jam until I was 11. I have proofread some of the most badly written essays with countless spelling errors. I have had to explain simple math concepts such as division, pythagorean theorem, and how to find the area of a shape. I have had to watch my classmates misbehave like they’re still in elementary school, but, luckily there are still some kids in my school that still get good grades and are on level, if not above level. Most of the kids that are below level in their classes are the ones who are more interested in TikTok and seeming “cool” than academics. Anyway, this comment is just here to say not all of us are hopeless, just more of us than past generations.
One of the reasons I quit working at a daycare. I used to care for 1-5 year olds who were terrible. I had to teach them pre school stuff and they didn’t listen. They ran around and when I tried to correct them they would say “no” and I almost bit by one of them. That was my last straw.
I saw a lady in Costco with 2 kids in her cart. One of the kids reached for a 2nd cart nearby and almost smashed her own fingers. The girl putting her purchases in the cart told the kids not to do that and the mom went off. She was saying don't yell at my kids, don't you tell them what to do but the only one yelling and out of line was mom. I would have thanked the girl for saving my kids from smashing his fingers.
This, a lot of parents do that.
It shows how daft and incapable of critical thought the mom is. I wonder what grade level education the mom would fall in. (Probably not high school level)
@@hopperbopperMore of this. All of this.
“ you not my mum, you cannot tell me what to do!” Well they do not listen to their parents either! And the parents have no guidance how to teach their kids either! Then also, parents do not stand together on discipline either, which is very important!
Parent, sorry but discipline starts with you!!
My two youngest kids got in a tiff with each other while I was putting groceries on the check out belt yesterday. They were in the little ride along basket. The lady behind me told them to straighten up. I appreciated that.
I'm a teacher (not in a school, but an extra curricular program); I teach kids and teens to paint. Teaching the Gen Z teens is great, even though they often keep to themselves. My classes with Gen Alpha kids are chaos. These kids will open up a bottle of paint and dump it all over themselves, other kids, or me. They will scream and run around when I am trying to teach. They will throw things at me, hit me, kick me, etc. Recently we had one take an entire roll of paper towel and shove it down the toilet (cardboard roll and everything). Took a plumber an entire day to fix. I had an eight year old girl say to me "You're white, you're a maggot lady". I've had kids sneak off and attempt to play games on the company computer we use to process and track payments. I have students that will spend the entire class REFUSING to do any work, and of course their parents get mad at me when they show up and their child has nothing but a blank canvas. Scissors need to be hidden away because these kids will literally attempt to cut each-others hair off if given the opportunity. The worst part is that some kids are genuinely there to learn, but I'm unable to give them the time and attention they deserve, because I'm busy trying to control the "students" whose only purpose of showing up is that their parents don't want to be around them. These parents refuse to pick up the phone when I call them. They know why.
People need to be able to fire clients, that sounds insane!
Sometimes I think that the "rate system" shown in Black Mirror E1S3 is a good idea: "if your rate is below certain number u can't enter the building". Sadly, the rate can be hacked or skimmed and so on... So its not perfect. But it works for the Airports and some companies. Should be good for schools and other classes too I think.
Sorry if it sounds like segregation but I dont see other ways to deal with the problem fast and strict.
Pretty much sounds like a pack of demons unleashed....horrible.
The funny thing is I was like that in the first grade but far more lighter and the difference here is my behavior changed alot to better and the reason for this change were my parents they knew very well what was happening and they took action
Can't you just expel the badly behaved ones from the program?
Assuming this is an outside of school business when the children who want to learn leave because of the badly behaved kids you will have no business left at all it's easier to cut your losses with the badly behaved ones so you can at least teach the ones who want to learn.
Its a massive comglimery of issues that we need to fix now. All because of us and people before us.
I'm 36 and have 3 kids (8,7,7)
I am not the toughest and I let them run over me more than I should, but never out and about or with someone else.
I heard the other day that my generation are easy on their kids because they are afraid to traumatize them.
We had overly strict parents that constantly reminded us the world doesn't revolve around us and that we don't matter, so now we over corrected with our kids and are too easy on them.
I'm working on fixing MY bad habits I started with my kids and turning it into GOOD habits with way less tech and more outside play!
Thank you for these videos to help remind parents what is important and to think of the long game, not the day to day.
Growing up, my mom was a teacher, and she always said one of the worst things. The educational system had put in was the no Child left behind policy. We’re seeing effects of that now. Realistically, we just need to start failing kids again, and not allowing them to advance to the next grade, before adults start looking like Jethro Beaudine trying to do math.
No child left behind turned into 'no child moving forward' somehow. Before a few had difficulties and needed extra time. Now they all have difficulties...
Dont worry, when the next gen starts doing math wrong as adults, the woke crowd will just say its "their interpretation" of math and people need to be more open minded about it or they're haters
Thank you. Yes, that’s what it was the …no child left behind. I forgot it had a name. I recently interjected into a conversation my family was having about people graduating HS not knowing basic skills ,how, back in the days school would hold kids back…now, they just pass them. My family…pikachu face….😂
Yes the no child left behind act was probably one of the worst ideas for our education system in modern US times. Idk maybe it’s even the worst idea that’s ever gone through 🤣
Yup "no child left behind" turned into "pass everyone even if they can't read so we can keep our funding" real quickly
This is part of why I'm going to homeschool my kids. People worry about homeschool kids not being properly socialized, but do you really want your kids socialized by a bunch of unhinged future sociopaths? Besides, it's easy to find ways for your kids to get necessary social interaction outside of schools.
"But if you home school your kids they wont receive the same level of education as public school kids"
I know and thats great
exactly, im planning on that. our reality is too off, is unnecessary to pass throught shit in such young age. Im not saying they will not take shit for the rest of their lives, but i will spare unhiged bullshit.
Yup. They can socialise at parks and other places outside of school. I dont want other peoples animals around them
I certainly won’t wanna send my kid to a school where addiction is so heavily encouraged,they can socialize with their neighbors, family friends and family thank you very much
I cam across an idea where the author laid the blame on the educators who removed cursive writing from the curriculum, claiming that the writing style engages multiple levels of the brain and aids in linear thinking.
Interesting idea; I blame the lack of punctuation myself !
i dont think this is it personally, although i can see the reasoning behind this theory
the mentality of stupidity being the average, not wanting to seek out learning, etc has been a growing phenomenon over the years and i would personally put more blame on that
i was taught cursive by a teacher a while back and it didnt really change much in my education as far as i could tell but it could be different for others
(also, this is a writing style not the normal way i write i usually have proper punctuation / capitalization sorry 😭)
I teach first grade. had a boy tell me 'you can't tell me waht to do, you're not my mom' to which i responded 'you're right, i can be a whole lot worse!' and he was pretty much fine after that lol. I thin academically, parents are just either delusional or think everyone is out to get them. Told one parent I recommended he go back to kindergarten because he was tapping out by 10am and didnt know how to write his name or many letters. to which they replied he already knew all the kindergarten content and would be bored and tried to get me written up by the school (which i already had approval to move him if they agreed). He did get better with time, but I cant help but think if he had just grown up a little bit more and had more time with some basics, he would have done great in first grade the next year isntead of it being a constant challenge for the poor kiddo. lifes hard when everything is hard in school and you're starting out behind from the get go.
I get called "that mom" for not allowing ipads and limiting screen time, very supervised on what they are allowed to watch, not letting them get away with anything behavior wise, and homeschool. But guess what? My kids know how to engage in the world, love learning and know how to interact appropriately with others. I refuse to let my kids to become electronic addicted zombies.
Same but I can see the difference in behavior and life skills.
Keep modeling some will take notice and start asking questions. I'm always full of joy when the blinders fall.
Really? Because the internet improved my mental health!
Yeah I think the screens play a huge role in this. It affects your concentration, attention, reward centers of your brain so much. Also I think the lack of free play outside running around like we got as kids.
@@Demonetization_Symbol she isn't saying they don't get internet access. But there's a too much and too early for everything.
I quit teaching because I kept getting reprimanded for using "too harsh a tone" with the students that kicked me in the shins, regularly threatened to beat me, and bullied their classmates. We're already living in clown world, just imagine the hellscape we'll be in when today's kids become adults.
That's mostly happening or much more strongly in the USA tho, in my country this is also getting worse than before but not near that horrible level USA is in...
I believe you 100%. I was on a long-term substitute assignment at an elementary school and left early. A student was around 8 and started fighting an admin, throwing everything, the other students were acting up, and my aide raised his voice at them to stop it. The left wing principal quickly told my aide to not raise his voice. Literally that was her only concern in that moment while another kid was destroying the whole school and we had to move the students out of the area. The dad was called up to the school and all they did was pat the kid on the back. No consequences for that behavior. And special needs is no excuse because even the students in my special ed class didn't behave that way.
Imagine when they start having children! They’re illiterate teaching child illiteracy
I doubt these kids will live to be adults if the keep going the way they are.
The fuck? How else are you supposed to get them to listen then? The long ruler which they banned?
I’m a 53 yo retired US military member (somehow you popped up in my feed)…I’m so happy to see that you’re a youngster applying critical thinking to your messages. Keep up the great work and kudos to your parents…please keep spreading the word…you’re a credit to your generation and give me an inkling of hope for humanity
Okay, i'll be honest. I've always been studying in school that had... rather bad reputation. Students from other schools have been saying that our school is for deliquents and junkies. But! Surprisingly, in my class there were like... 3 kids who misbehaved a lot. Also there were 2 other kids with studying difficulties, but i've never seen things going so bad.
Still love my classmates sm.)
Frenchie here. The situation in France is very somber as well. My mom is a teacher. She's very patient but a lot of the time she hates her work because 90% of the kids are vulgar, more than some are violent, and she can barely try to correct their bad behaviors because if she says the slightest thing the kid will tell the parents and the parents will come for her throat. Dark times we live in.
I really think this is a effect of capitalism
As a fellow dance teacher, can confirm. Not only do they not listen, I’ve had kids as young as 8 doing VERY sexual dance movements in class that made me super uncomfortable and disturbed the other children. Acting out the WAP video while singing the lyrics, for example. One time an 11yo full on began simulating sex in the center of the room. I had to stop her, separate her from the group, and her parents said they were upset about it, but clearly she’s getting that through media under their watch so idk if they really care or were just embarrassed.
Five or six years back, maybe more, I heard from my fellow staff members that during a school show, where other schools brought their kids to put on a show, one school(or was it a few others? I forgot) did a rendition of Work Work Work Work Work. And they were elementary school students!
That’s horrifying!! My 8 year old son and I were at the park a couple months ago. A 6 year old got mad at him and started calling him a mother fucker. The dad did nothing.
I wish you were kidding but i know you tell the trueth....
Would you say this is a result of kids having easy access to the Internet
My son plays soccer, and the coach corrected one kid because he was nasty to the other kids on the team, and the kids' dad acted like the coach had committed child abuse for correcting his son.
At the very next practice, that same boy hauled off and punched a girl for passing the ball to someone else instead of him. He was kicked off the team on the spot.
The dad blamed the coach and said if he taught the girl how to pass properly, then she wouldn't have gotten punched. It was crazy.
Dude every time I go to Ross kids are just opening toys and the “parents” say nothing
I have a 5 and a 7 yr old. I could not imagine allowing my boys to act this way, but I hear stories of their classmates every day and it makes me sick to my stomach
The "no child left behind act" started a lot of this. This "pass them on, pass them on pass them on" thing was complained about when I was in elementary school. I'm 31. That part isn't new.
However, I am curious about how many of these parents can't monitor their children and are leaving it to the school system because they can't afford rent without working 2-3 jobs.
I have no children, have a full time job at an above minimum wage pay and still can't afford rent in a place I feel safe, so those of you with kids? Good luck.
yeah, the problem’s much more complex than that. sometimes a household needs double income so both parents work. it’s easier said than done to deal with kids after a long day of maybe doing 2-3 shifts just to keep their family afloat. it’s heartbreaking, but i can understand why these parents give their kids ipads, games, etc. so they can have quiet time
Don't bring "no child left behind" into this there is so many complicated problems with the whole thing I have learning disabilities and was very much left behind the entire system is messed up
Yep. Im never having kids and cant afford to buy. Thats life for most ppl these days
Teaching all children together is so wrong! Those with special needs need to go to a special school, such as a school for the blind or a school for the deaf. Those who are brighter need to be taught more complicated subjects or they will get bored. And the more average ones may need to be taught at a somewhat slower pace. But WITHOUT holding everyone else back with them.
@@Petra44YT back in the 80s we had a few special kids in our class and they joined our classes but also had seperate ones. So I think integrating them can be a good idea for them and us. But as long as they dont miss out on the proper education.
I’m a former educator. It would shock most people to know that the majority of students don’t know how to read or have basic life skills.
Scary t hing is, it does not shock me.
They do not know how to think or solve basic problems.
Not surprising...I tutor, and sometimes the teacher just throws the students on a tutoring platform and then complains when the student gets a "good tutor" which will help that one student get ahead of the class...teachers aren't getting a free pass as I've seen them be the problem, but, yes, I have come across the entitled brats, too, with no skill and all braindead mouth...
It's not only in US.
Didnt educate them well.
This just reminded me that my kids are getting way too addicted to their screen time and I need to start putting limits on that stuff.
As a high schooler I am absolutely blown away about the lack of academic motivation I’m seeing from my peers. During the standardized testing that my district was taking, I kept hearing stories about kids going through all the questions in 5 minutes (consider that we were given 2 hours per test) and getting kicked out of classrooms afterwards for being disrespectful to the teachers and other students who were still testing. Where did it all go wrong?