Comments on: Use the Proper Tool http://pursuit-of-liberty.davidjmiller.org/2009/use-the-proper-tool/ Promoting and Discussing Patriotism and Liberty Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:57:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David http://pursuit-of-liberty.davidjmiller.org/2009/use-the-proper-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-13175 David Wed, 27 May 2009 01:12:08 +0000 http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/?p=1968#comment-13175 I agree with everything you have said, including that this is not simply a case of parental neglect. I would say that my argument is that the solution is not better rules about school discipline, lower student to teacher ratios, or any other solution that government and NEA leaders would come up with. The situations may not be the fault of the parents, but the only real solutions must be heavily focused on parents making adjustments to the situations of their own children. I agree with everything you have said, including that this is not simply a case of parental neglect. I would say that my argument is that the solution is not better rules about school discipline, lower student to teacher ratios, or any other solution that government and NEA leaders would come up with. The situations may not be the fault of the parents, but the only real solutions must be heavily focused on parents making adjustments to the situations of their own children.

]]> By: Reach Upward http://pursuit-of-liberty.davidjmiller.org/2009/use-the-proper-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-13173 Reach Upward Tue, 26 May 2009 23:46:19 +0000 http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/?p=1968#comment-13173 The most egregious school discipline problems in the report cited occur with special needs students. Many of these students have behavioral problems that are ill suited to the situations in which we insist on placing them. Many such problems cannot be helped by having parents that are better disciplinarians. Unfortunately, it is expensive and difficult to find and/or develop the ideal situation for each student with special needs while also servicing as many such students as required by statute. This leaves both parents and educators frustrated. Hidden deep in the data is also the revelation that the vast majority of discipline abuse problems occur with children from single parent households and children whose guardian is not a parent. Such family situations often make proper discipline at home difficult, thus, causing problems in other institutions used by these children. This is not to say that two-parent households can't produce children with discipline problems. But as a rule of thumb, weak families result in problems in almost all other parts of society. The most egregious school discipline problems in the report cited occur with special needs students. Many of these students have behavioral problems that are ill suited to the situations in which we insist on placing them. Many such problems cannot be helped by having parents that are better disciplinarians. Unfortunately, it is expensive and difficult to find and/or develop the ideal situation for each student with special needs while also servicing as many such students as required by statute. This leaves both parents and educators frustrated.

Hidden deep in the data is also the revelation that the vast majority of discipline abuse problems occur with children from single parent households and children whose guardian is not a parent. Such family situations often make proper discipline at home difficult, thus, causing problems in other institutions used by these children.

This is not to say that two-parent households can’t produce children with discipline problems. But as a rule of thumb, weak families result in problems in almost all other parts of society.

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