Reply #251: Kids are as mixed up as the rest of us are, but with less coping skills. [View All]

[Tigress DEM]

The kids can sense hypocricy and are either buying into the pressure to be good little christian soldiers (not that Christ EVER condoned the crap *ush is pushing) or rebelling instinctively to this tide of emotion that roars through this country daily.

Adults have so much to contend with and keep our minds busy, but kids are either more vunerable or more jaded depending on their life experience, but even the jaded ones can be hurt, they are harder to reach too.

When you think about how the administration goes around like some playground bully is it any wonder that kids think they can get away with stuff?

I know it's been getting worse and worse over the years, but I went to public schools and so did my son. The big deal is the terrible discrepency between some public schools and others in terms of how much they can afford to do for their children.

Rich suburban moms may not be able to miss much work for their kids either, but their kids are in better equiped schools. Rich people expect more and they demand it. They get enough books per student and working toilets at a minimum.

Catholic schools simply learned to draw the line at behavior issues and not put up with anyone who didn't really want to learn. They offer a great education, but the whole area of problem children wasn't something they felt equipped to deal with so they drew the line and kids will get removed fairly quickly if they pull anything.

I wanted to put my son in Catholic school and they said it wouldn't be easy for him and if he acted up he'd be out. Simple as that.