Thursday, April 05, 2012

The ATL Seems To 'Get It'.

Parents are raising a  generation of ‘little Buddhas’ who never lift a finger around the house, a teachers’ leader declared yesterday.
Children are growing up constantly demanding their own way because they are ‘waited  on hand and foot’ by over- indulgent parents, said Dr  Mary Bousted.
They arrive at school with an ‘I’m important’ attitude and struggle to abide by rules and timetables.
And they lash out at classmates because they fail to understand they have responsibilities towards others.
Dr Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said schools are forced to deal with the consequences of parents’ failure to lay down clear boundaries.
 Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125059/Waited-hand-foot-Children-treated-like-little-Buddhas-parents-says-teaching-expert.html#ixzz1r8jSH4E8

I hope most Americans had a Godly Thanksgiving.

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