Originally Posted by
Robo1
There are a couple of things I would like to add. Just my observations and these are NOT critiscism's. I work in a school and I constantly talk to the teachers about these sorts of things, my post is a little long winded but I think it's relevant.
1) Sometimes it takes a while for a response to some threads, I have posted a question and it has taken a few days for an answer. In todays world more than 5 minutes to wait is too long!
2) As far as getting a form of recognition/gratitude, for your answer to a question, we live in a growing society of takers, not givers.
Over the years of working in a school and observing the gradual changes in behavioral patterns that the children and "parents" display it is of no surprise to me that moral standards have slipped to a much degraded level. I have children coming up to me and calling me by my first name and demanding that I get their ball off the roof or clean up a mess that they have just made, I have even had parents of these children complain that I did not get their child's ball for them. I have to explain to them that their precious child needs to learn approach people in a respectful way, and start the conversation with a "Mr White could you please", and end it with a "thank you", I get told I am an employee and I should do as I'm told, after all they pay a lot of money to send their child to a private school! With parents like that, Is it any wonder that when you help SOME people that you get no gratitude for your help. Not all parents are like that although it seems to be growing everyday.
The pace of life today is getting out of control, 50-100 hour working weeks are becoming far to common. Any wonder there is no time for parent child time together, I see kids that are dropped at before school care at 6.45 some are still there in after school care at 6pm, monday to Friday they go home and almost straight to bed. Mum and dad have been working so hard all week Friday night they look forward to dinner and a few drinks at the club, babysitter looks after the kids, sleep in sat morning then shopping, Sunday off to church, Monday the whole thing starts again! where is the family time? I think its about time people became a little less material and made do with a little less and spent more time with family, maybe this would solve some of society's problems
What sort of society are we going to end up with, when the latest generation become parents, they have not been taught any parenting skills.
Rob....