| Violent behaviour like kicking, biting, throwing books, | | | | were to change her attitude towards her son's |
| throwing tantrums, swearing and basically being an | | | | upbringing and accept her mistakes, the school would |
| animal in every possible situation seems like "normal" | | | | help even further. School performance relies on |
| behaviour to the majority of parents. | | | | students' performance. Misbehaving children cause |
| It is not unheard of for a child under five years old | | | | trouble and slow down the learning process, so it does |
| (Daily Mail, Friday, April 30, 2010) to be expelled from | | | | not help anybody in the long run. |
| school at least five times... | | | | Unfortunately, we live in a society that does not |
| The child cannot control his behaviour, or should I rather | | | | accept wrong doing, but shifts responsibility on |
| say, his mother cannot control him, but has the cheek | | | | somebody else...and we all pay the price for it at the |
| to blame everybody else, apart from herself. And of | | | | end of the day. |
| course, the child is always excused, because he | | | | I am a mother of a boy and a girl and I know hand on |
| suffers from....a litany of illnesses or other family | | | | experience how demanding the children can be. With |
| misfortunes. | | | | my husband, we went through a "terrible twos" stage |
| Yes, this mother of three lost her husband and has lots | | | | and we are approaching teenage years very quickly. I |
| on her plate bringing the other children up on her own. | | | | observe, that some boys are placed on the pedestal |
| What kind of child is she bringing up if he does not | | | | by their mothers and are not required to make the |
| realise that his behaviour e.g. touching teaching | | | | slightest effort to achieve anything. At the same time, |
| assistant's breast is inappropriate? What type of films | | | | they are said to be hyperactive and not being able to |
| is he watching? At the moment, he is "only" touching | | | | sit still for five minutes. There are cases, when a child |
| her, in the future, he will rape an innocent girl and blame | | | | is hyperactive, but let's not assign a hyperactive label |
| his difficult childhood for his actions. | | | | to every single boy. The majority of them lack |
| According to me, the mother does not have a clue | | | | discipline and proper upbringing. |
| about bringing her youngest son up, but she is the first | | | | By discipline I do not mean hitting a child, but being firm |
| to complain about the school, their unfairness and their | | | | about certain rules e.g. amount of time the child spends |
| reaction to his misbehaviour. | | | | playing computer games, what time he goes to sleep, |
| What kind of punishment can a school apply, as no | | | | the way he speaks. If a child does not have anybody |
| reprimand is allowed? | | | | willing to listen to him, how can he form his opinions |
| It seems to me, that the kid is not taught how to act in | | | | about the world, show his achievements and |
| appropriate manner. He is a little terror now, growing | | | | improvements and talk about his concerns. The |
| into a bigger yob, who will attack an old pensioner in | | | | majority of children are hyperactive and are socially |
| the future, unless his mother finally admits to being | | | | unprepared, because no-one has spent any time with |
| guilty and does something about it. It would be great if | | | | them. They show off, as they crave attention. Children |
| she started bringing him up, instead of allowing him to | | | | do not need expensive toys, but they need parents, |
| walk on the loose and do whatever he feels. | | | | who are happy to take them for a walk, teach them |
| It is not right, what the mother is saying about lack of | | | | to ride a bike and do some activities together. |
| support from school. It is not in any school's interest to | | | | At the same time, girls can grow up to be well |
| leave a vulnerable child without help. What she needs | | | | mannered, educated young women, or they can fall |
| to understand is that her five year old child rules the | | | | pregnant by the age of fourteen and stop their |
| house with her permission. It is obvious, that if he tries | | | | education at the age of 16. It is up to the parents |
| to apply this behaviour to the classroom environment, | | | | carers to make sure children are shown right paths to |
| he will meet with resistance. As soon as he sees that | | | | follow. |
| he cannot always have everything his way, he will | | | | Any money will not buy time that you have not spent |
| throw a tantrum, destroy a couple of books, offend a | | | | with your child. What you have not seen, is gone and is |
| teacher. Then his mother will be called to school and | | | | irreplaceable. Unfortunately, the majority of people |
| blame everybody else, when there is nothing wrong | | | | cannot devote as much time as they would like to their |
| with her parental skills. Or is there? | | | | children. We are all short of time and struggling to cope |
| The young boy's misbehaviour has not started all of a | | | | with earning a living, running the household and bringing |
| sudden. He must have been allowed to be a little brat | | | | the children up. If we do not have the time for our own |
| when he was even smaller. Innocent misbehaviour, like | | | | children, why bother having them? |
| demanding sweeties at every shopping trip or | | | | A child is not a toy, that you can throw aside as soon |
| screaming the head off for nothing, is just the beginning | | | | as you get bored with it. Any child needs love, care |
| of trouble waiting to happen. It does not take long to | | | | and support. A child may have some shortcomings |
| change a sweet two year old into a monstrous five | | | | and difficulties, that can be overcome by supplying |
| year old, who laughs in teacher's face and does not | | | | enough support. And at the same time, any child needs |
| know any discipline... | | | | to know the rules and discipline. Children brought up |
| I feel that we need a correct assessment from social | | | | without any rules, are left in the darkness, as they do |
| services to know how to deal with this kind of situation. | | | | not know how to behave. They do not realise, what is |
| The only person, who needs to be assessed is the | | | | good and what is bad, so they are trying different |
| mother herself. There are lots of parents, who cope | | | | approaches. They need to be taught that certain |
| on their own while caring for their children. There are | | | | behaviour is unacceptable. They need to know how |
| lots of disabled parents, like me, who struggle on a | | | | far they can push before they get punished. |
| daily basis with any day-to-day activities, but are still | | | | Judging by the above mentioned article, Dylan does |
| able to bring up well mannered children. It is easy to | | | | not know any rules. It is high time his mum gave him |
| blame somebody else for everything that went wrong. | | | | some instructions, before he becomes yet another |
| It is much more difficult to admit the mistakes and try | | | | "lost" child... |
| to correct them. I am pretty sure, that if Dylan's mother | | | | |