discussion title:
School & Positive Parenting?
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6876.2 in response to 6876.1
Great question Wendy! Traditional schooling doesn't normally coincide with PP but some school corps are better than others; especially those who have magnet schools which include Montessori schools. Ours happens to have a couple.
I still see very punitive behavior from school personel, particularly in the southern states! It varies too from state to state. Many of the teachers and resource people think that "detentions" and writing assignments are a positive way of dealing with behavior, simply because they are not CP. Last week, a teacher in my city was arrested for grabbing an older student by the throat!
Thank God our public school system has opted to drop CP as far as an option. But, my state is still one that allows paddling; it is up to each school corporation (board). But I don't see much PP being implemented as an alternative. I also don't see the elected school board even trying to discuss these matters with parents and that bothers me a lot. In some cases, they even try to keep discussions hush-hush because they want the control.
