Stupid parents.

 

But I dont have kids so I shouldnt comment on matters of parenting right? At least thats what other parents tell me.

Did you know better than to take a toy gun to school, or anything else that you shouldn't have?

 

I know I brought water guns to school on occasions....and I've had a pocket knife in my front right pocket essentially 24/7 since my 10th birthday when I was given my first pocket knife by my grandpa. 24/7 includes my grade school, high school, and college classes. Now I'm aware that something like that won't jive in today's society, but still.

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But I dont have kids so I shouldnt comment on matters of parenting right? At least thats what other parents tell me.

 

You have a right to comment on anything you would like, however, that being said what you might think that being a parent is like, and what it is actually like are two different things entirely. If / when you have kids or your own you might just change your opinion on some things.

But I dont have kids so I shouldnt comment on matters of parenting right? At least thats what other parents tell me.

I agree with what you said. The big red flag for the parents was that he had to switch backpacks and they should have checked to make sure he had everything.

 

I have a six year old. I always check his backpack. I'll continue to do the same until I feel he is an independent reader who can follow instructions in his planner. This will likely be until about 3rd grade.

 

I have 3 older children---I have not looked in their backpacks in years.

 

TSA treatment? Maybe. But my job is to guide my kids to be as successful as they can be in school.

I agree with what you said. The big red flag for the parents was that he had to switch backpacks and they should have checked to make sure he had everything.

 

I have a six year old. I always check his backpack. I'll continue to do the same until I feel he is an independent reader who can follow instructions in his planner. This will likely be until about 3rd grade.

 

I have 3 older children---I have not looked in their backpack in a very long time.

 

Fair enough :idunno:

All backpack checking happens at night for homework and paperwork, daily. After completed and put away they could easily sneak something in first thing in the morning. Surely, no one has time to check their kids backpack after every time it's out of your sight.

I really can't put into words how much something like this upsets me. :irked:

I agree with what you said. The big red flag for the parents was that he had to switch backpacks and they should have checked to make sure he had everything.

 

I have a six year old. I always check his backpack. I'll continue to do the same until I feel he is an independent reader who can follow instructions in his planner. This will likely be until about 3rd grade.

 

I have 3 older children---I have not looked in their backpack in a very long time.

 

Did I check my boy's backpack at that age? Yes. Did I ALWAYS do it? No. It just depended on what type of day preceded it. If he had no homework, and was just using the backpack to put his lunch in, or a jacket in...then no, I didn't check it. But honestly, at that age...there just wasn't that much homework...so it didn't get looked at that much.

 

Guess I'm a bad parent too.

As I have posted before, common sense is no longer common.

My backpack was never once checked. I don't plan on doing it either.

 

Reason #1,564,423,124,132 of why my future kids will never set foot in a public school.

I remember we had a stack of toy rifles in second grade that we could take to the play ground for recess. They looked like old WWI Bolt Action guns.

This is why zero tolerance is just not common sense. If I had been the principal (and I was one for ten years), I guarantee you I would have thanked the kid for being honest and sent him on his way. Sometimes you have to do the right thing, instead of doing things right. If there were teachers or parents that challenged me, so be it. I would have taken a suspension myself rather than do something that wasn't right for the kid.

So Called Zero Tolerance policies come from cowardly school boards that either don't trust the administrators they have hired or think they are at some level incompetent to make decisions based on common sense and intent rather than the rule.

 

School boards allow their fear of litigation to stifle the use of common sense when dealing with our children, they put Zero Tolerance policies in place and then just hide behind them.