Problems today

I feel like I might sound like an old fuddy duddy today. Am I becoming that guy who gets pissed when kids walk on my lawn? Should I start each story with "Back in my day"? I don't know.  What I do know is that this country and the world in general has a huge problem.  The gist of that problem is parenting.

What happened to the day when a kid attacked a teacher and the parent looked at the kid and knew the kid did wrong. No today a kid attacks a teacher and all of a sudden the teacher gets asked "What did you do to provoke him/her?" This in my mind is a huge pile of horse hockey (see I am getting old).  No parents and students are responsible for the problems today.  I am a parent and I refuse to be part of the problem.  I will not look at the teacher and ask "Why did you give my kid a D?"  I will look at my kid and ask, "What could you have done differently?"

Your kid throws his/her desk to the ground, and the kid expects someone else to pick it up.  NO! The kid picks it up and is held accountable for their actions.  A kid is being taken home from school because "you are not nice". I don't get paid to be their bestie, I get paid to help them navigate life.  Blame me for your lack of parenting skills? I don't think so.

It is time for us to take a hard look at how we are raising our kids. We are raising kids ho have no accountability. They think everything is someone else's fault.  Our kids need to learn introspection, and we as parents need to learn to not always blame someone else. if our kid gets in trouble at school, should we listen? Yes. Should we automatically blame someone else? No. Our kids need to be held responsible for behavior good and not so good. Don't blame me, or other people, because you can't discipline your kid.

People this is what is causing so many problems in our country and with our education system. Kids are not held accountable. My most successful, and well rounded students are those who accept their faults and work towards changing those not so great habits.