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From: Ann.Stalnaker@p0.f14.n385.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Stalnaker)
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Subject: Parents
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Date: 15 Mar 91 05:23:50 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 > Tim, please don't lay ALL the blame on parents.  Yes, if
 > the parents don't care and don't do anything, then correct,
 > they will do more harm than any educational system, theory
 > or even all the prejudice society can heap on a person
 > altogether...but if it is for (in good faith) following
 > the wrong lead then I feel at least their love and support
 > should be held in some account.

I agree with you, Fran - also, sometimes parents really do know
what is best for their child and also the child's capabilities
which is why many of them set high goals for the child.  You know
as well as I do (we are parents) that children often don't want
to do things that are good for them.  We've lived in a permissive
society for too long (that is changing though) and a lot of
parents/teachers for a while were trying to make the child happy
but it didn't work.  We have to have discipline in education.

I also feel the reason a lot of child do so well, even though
they don't always admit it, is due to the support of their
parents.  However, we, the parents, do make mistakes - but
I feel the majority of us do what we think is in the best
interest for our child.

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