Educate Don't Babysit

Good morning and welcome to wwwblogs. All month, we’re focusing on teens and the trials they face as they move toward being adults. Today, it’s all about school violence and exactly what everyone can do to curtail school violence.

Many, many solutions have been bandied about over the past few years on how to solve this problem. Some are saying teachers need to take on more responsibility for identifying potential problem students who might or might not become violent.
Hang on there one minute. Our teachers aren’t paid enough for the job of teaching young, impressionable minds already. Over the last thirty years, they’ve taken on a rapidly changing system that has changed from the student being made responsible for their own actions to one where the teacher must justify giving a student a less than stellar grade. In far too many cases, your child’s teacher is also taking over neglected parenting duties in addition to everything else they do.
Therein lies one of the biggest problems students face today. Not that their parents don’t care about them, for the most part. However, most two parent homes have both working careers they’ve labored at for many years. They’re climbing a ladder of recognition and have taken to scheduling their children into sports programs or other types of after school activities that keep the child occupied until Mom or Dad can pick them and run home for a meal followed by homework and bed. The child has little to no quality time at home and problems will arise where they need someone to vent to. That someone has become their teacher.
Don’t get me wrong. Being a teacher is a job not many can handle. The pay is low and the stress level is high. Where once parents believed the teacher was always right and their child needed guidance to improve their grades or behavior, now teachers find themselves on the firing line if they don’t give a student a passing grade, or in some cases a top grade for minimal work.
In reality, this is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to identifying problems that lead up to school violence. But it’s also a good starting point. Instead of a family having to have all the latest electronic gadgets, live in a home far beyond their budget, and go on organized vacations no one truly enjoys, take the route some families have done in recent years. Give up the luxuries and have one parent stay at home. There are jobs they can do from their computer when the kids aren’t there. A child won’t feel like they’re an afterthought if there’s a parent to talk to once they arrive home. All the extracurricular activities aren’t really necessary either. Make that time for the child and at home parent to bond. You’d be amazed at the difference in your child.



About K.C. Sprayberry
Living a dream she’s had since she first discovered the magic of books. K.C. Sprayberry traveled the U.S. and Europe before finally settling in the mountains of Northwest Georgia. She’s been married to her soulmate for nearly a quarter of a century and they enjoy spoiling their grandchildren along with many other activities.             A multi-genre author, K.C. Sprayberry is always on the hunt for new stories. Inspiration strikes at the weirdest times and drives her to grab notebook and pen to jot down her ideas. Those close to her swear nothing or no one is safe if she’s smiling gently in a corner and watching those in the same room interact. Her observations have often given her ideas for her next story, set not only in the South but wherever the characters demand they settle.

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