Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 5/11/2007 7:16:00 PM Author: Subject: just a thought. I have by far the worst group kids in my 15 yrs of teaching. and in general, parenting is the big issue. Some parents act like they have to be their child's best friend. Others teach their child the 'hood' mentality of survival. Others make excuses. Maybe this is a second generation of kids in childcare, and the parents just don't know how to be a parent. I tried the stickers, behavior tickets, time-out, calling the parents, losing a privilage, candy. All failed cause I have too many issues, Candy failed quickly, those that didn't have a ticket at the end of the morning did not get a piece of candy. heck, it was a couple of m&m;'s. nothing major, Kids who didn't get candy fussed to the point that parents headed their child off to the school candy machine. "Ha Ha, I got candy anyway. and it's more than the good kids got." is what the child would tell me. Yeh, the parents even returned their child to class to show off the candy and say "she really is a good girl." well, mom, NOT TODAY!! I explained the disrespect, the problems I needed resolved in class, how giving in to their child was only making the problem worse. all fell on deaf ears. forget universal preK, maybe we need to spend the money on universal parenting classes (headed up by Stella on Nanny 911) attend the classes, and you get a break on your federal taxes, that's an incentive! Name: Email: Subject

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