Life as we know it

@lyns wrote:

I work at a primary school and I feel children’s behaviour is getting worse. I think it’s linked between parents not having enough time and working long hours, bad parenting, children starting school as young as the age of three and this being the most important time of development, class levels are bigger every year too and so much expected of teachers.
Everyones lives just seem to get busier each year, trying to juggle everything and to get a balance. Living costs going up and pay frozen. Something really needs to change. Where to start though and is it to late?
This has been on my mind a while now. Thinking about our future and having a family is a big step especially when this is how things seem to be going. Any ideas of how to take steps forward welcome. Thank you.

Isn’t there a legal ratio of the amount of children per teacher?
Here in Australia, there is a certain limit of children per teacher.

I think that parents are depending more and more on teachers and schools to raise, even discipline their children which is unfair. They are educators, not parents.

@lyns wrote:

Thank you for message and quotes very interesting.
Just had a look at the legal class sizes and it’s about 30 which in most is about what it is.
It’s classed as us being in a baby boom again so will see what happens.
Totally agree with what you said about some parents expecting teachers to discipline their children and they haven’t naturally got the time and energy to put this into place themselves.
I’ve been looking into maternity leave ect for the future, in the uk it doesn’t look very affordable to do, do you know what maternity leave and pay you get where you live?
Thank you
Lynsey

Yes Lyns, it’s 18 weeks of paid maternal or parental leave.
We have options of up to a year of unpaid maternity leave plus a further one year unpaid parental leave option.

I’m not sure if you have this in the UK….

We have after hours school care companies for children to engage in activities outside of school hours, within school grounds (usually at the school sports hall).
The government offers a rebate for parents who utilize this service.

It is mainly aimed at working parents, so:

They drop the children off at the school and go off on their merry way.
The carers will walk the younger children to their classroom when it’s time to start school, then they pick them when school ends to take them to the hall.
Older children are required to transit to the hall on their own. They have a name call system so no children go missing!
I think this is both a horrible and genius concept.
The positive is that parents can still pursue careers while having children
The negative is that it reduces even more time spent with their children.

Maybe if the UK implemented something like this, but employed parents prepared to undergo some training, they could be earning a wage without compromising on time/supervision of their children.

They have a completely qualified head program leader present, so the hypothetical parents in this case wouldn’t require much training, just a working with children certification and perhaps some ongoing training.
Maybe this situation could be ideal for stay at home mothers?

The hours are 6am to 9.30am and then from 3pm to 6.30pm.

It’s a very difficult situation for parents, they need to work to live just like everyone else, but companies demand head count, flexibility and dedication to a job/workplace.
Employers/companies that preach parents friendly are usually falsely advocating their parental support, at the end of the day, they don’t care if your child is sick or feeling neglected or needs you, they want you there at 8am ready to earn their dollar. It’s all for the brownie points they earn behind the scenes and to win the place of “employer of the year”
:roll:

Bring back hanging. Kids’ll soon start to behave again then, that’s what’s wrong with this country we’re too soft and there’s no discipline or a deterrent that children fear.

Bring back hanging and hang a few of the hooligans, they’ll soon start behaving.