What's up with children in England?

Question

According to an article from The Times London: "Children as young as 5 are consistently swearing at teachers, with nearly 20 per cent of primary school teachers claiming to have been subject to sexually abusive insults from pupils."

Answer 1

It's not the kids fault it's the people in charge of bringing them up, my kids are no angels but they know right from wrong, they have children in their classes that regularly swear at the teacher, some are even violent. The problem is everywhere and stems from parents who can't be arsed to raise their kids. It makes me so mad to think the kids will be getting the blame when half of them don't know any better.

Answer 2

It's all the socialization they get from being locked up with 30 agemates for over seven hours and very little supervision from adults. They learn that they can get away with whatever they want, because no adult has the time or energy to deal with it. One incident instigates another, and pretty soon the whole thing escalates.

Hows that for good socialization?
We live in Oklahoma, and the second grade boys would ogle the half-naked college girls walking past their school, and two or three would discuss the 'great movies' their dads have at home where the girls have no clothes. By the end of recess, all the kids had a great (if incomplete and full of bs) knowledge of sex, relationships and how you should slap women around to get them to respect you.

How's that for the socialization argument? Still think kids need it? One bad apple spoils the bunch, and I'd just as soon not see it spoil my kids before their time. They'll pick it up, yes, but when they are older, and in smaller groups of peers, during social activities. And actually, my children already knew all about sex and relationships, but in a healthy natural manner, rather than the XXX version

Answer 3

I also find some of them very unmannered and disrespectful but then there are plenty of them that is well-mannered and cute. I find it unbelievable that a child of 3 years old can speak so well, no baby talk , talks like a little adult. Those kids who swear and use abusive language towards teachers etc have parents who talk to them the same way, if the parents have no respect for the law etc the kids grow up the same way.

Answer 4

Look, I've never been in an English school, but I've been in an American school for three years and now I'm in the Czech Republic.
And it really isn't that bad. There's about 1 student in 60 whom is rude to teachers, but that's enough to rise attention and have everyone call it a problem.
I am in 7th grade, and none of us have ever been disrespectful to teachers. I admit that the words we use to speak about them aren't exactly polite, but we would never use anything like that in front of an adult."Children as young as 5 are consistently swearing at teachers"oh please, one kid said a bad word and they make a big story out of it. Sure, that one kid should be in serious trouble, but you needn't make up a big story about all kids swearing.

Answer 5

Lack of respect starting from birth with the parents. I am curently studying Education in Finland and here there is total respect. The parents have a tough stance on discipline but also they trust their children. Its not about telling your child off here, you make the child know that what they are doing is making you upset. This really works and the child learns morals and empathy. He/She then learns respect and carries it to school where they are polite and respectful.

Answer 6

I think it is a problem that parents seem to want to befriend their children instead of being a role model and instilling discipline and respect for elder or authority figures. Also children are fed a poor diet leading to poor behaviour and they also have short attention spans and are sexualised by the media and entertainment activities such as playing computer games

Answer 7

It's because it's not considered "proper" to physically punish students. I don't remember anyone swearing at or disrespecting teachers when I was in school. We got "licks" with a wooden paddle for misbehaving and even for not doing our homework. I don't feel emotionally traumatized because of being physically punished. I have not endured any physical problems because of it. Nowadays, kids know that they can really do just about anything they want, short of murder.... and some of them don't stop there.

Answer 8

Kids these days are so used to them words they think its ok to use them cos they here them everyday eg (tv.films,people in the street).If i found out my kids swore at a teacher i would give them a good slap and they would be grounded for the rest of there life.(i dont slap my kids but this would be an exeption)No adult should be talked to in that way by a child.I feel sorry for teachers they have no rights anymore and kids just get away with everything.I wouldnt except teachers smackin kids with canes like they did yrs ago but teachers should have rights too when it comes to nuisance kids.

Answer 9

Kids here are allowed to do everything and there is no discipline at home from the very beggining.. Kids are not tought what the word 'respect' means, all they usually do is spend time on the internet (here for example), they don't go out very often, take an example from bullies at school and so on and so on...

Answer 10

I can't speak for England, but it's the same in America. A whole generation of parents has lost the ability to discipline their children and they also refuse to allow teachers and administrators to do so.