I got fed up with the shite that rained down from the GOE. I also got fed up with certain parents. I expect and want them to be interested in their kid's progress. However, there were some who picked every nit and insisted their kids were angels.
Their kids were in general just mouthy teens, but with their parents fronting for them all of the time, they were headed for much bigger trouble. Mama and Daddy weren't going to be able to rescue them forever. Let them suffer high school consequences such as detention or whatever else. They learn that there are going to be problems for breaking the rules. If they don't learn that in HS, the next stage will be brutal.
I am not talking about letting them be unfairly or too harshly punished. That's another matter altogether.
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