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Passing The Buck
Parenting continues to be ignored in the ongoing search for what's "wrong" with Toronto's public schools.
A lot of time an money is spent on identifying every problem known to man, every problem that is, except parenting.
The Toronto School Board will spend four million dollars on a new program designed to battle racism, sexism and violence.
It's part of a one thousand page report that offers precious little on the root problem of bad behaviour in Canadian schools.
Bad parents.
More anti-racism training and policing urged in Toronto schools
It's easier to blame others and pass the buck then to take a look in the mirror and fix what is really broken.
Sad...
Same old, same old, throwing good money after bad trying to fix the symptoms instead of the root cause.
Hopefully, the politically correct crowd will wake up one day. Unfortunately, it will get a lot worse before it gets better.
My conclusion from this report: Don’t send your kids to a Toronto public school. If you can afford private go that route or better yet move the hell away from this city.
Make parents criminally responsible in part for the crimes of their children. A child under the age of 18 cannot sign a contract but a parent can co-sign. In the same way if a child commits a crime they should be sentenced appropriately, and along with the child the parent should be sentenced accordingly to take responsiblity for their childs crime. Once these self-centered parents realize they are responsble for thier little misfits, they'd instantly take an interest in how their child behaves and is raised and not blame it on the state.
If my son grew up knowing that Dad would spend time in the klink with him if he did somethign illegal, he'd think thrice knowing he'd spend an extended period of time locked up with his old man...
What happens when there's only one parent who has to work long or double shifts so they can pay the bills? It's crippling social conditions that often result in bad parenting as well.
Well nobody will argue that the justice system is too harsh. I'm sure circumstances would be taken into account.
That being said, both my parents worked long hours and shift works when me and my brother were growing up. They always made sure we were taken care of either by a neighbour or at a friends house. They never reliquished their responsibility because of work.
one parent double shifts....
again; pass the buck.
there are many families that both parents are doing the same thing and being forced to leave their kids alone more than they wish.
i cant beleive how many times i have heard this whine.... only to hear that same person talk about how her and her friends were away at this place or that or he and his buddies killed a couple of cases on the weekend.
its time to buck up people... knowing right and wrong and knowing what is acceptable behaviour or not is the job of the parent or parents, no matter how tough the situation.