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Originally Posted by polak
Discipline is not the same thing as supervision.
The parents release their kids into the supervision of the school. It should be the schools responsibility to make sure those kids don't do anything stupid.
Like I said, I'm all for the kid getting criminally charged if that's possible but charging the parents for the schools lack of supervision is dumb.
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Originally Posted by ricosuave
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Originally Posted by polak
Where's the confusion?
When you drop a kid off at school, you are releasing them into the supervision of the school, correct?
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Its supervision, it isnt parenting.
If your kid is stupid enough to set the sprinklers off I think that is outside of the realm of normal non-parental supervision.
Kids, especially at 14, should know better than to set off the sprinklers, pull the fire alarm, etc.
Mommy and Daddy have to teach little Timmy how not to be a complete moron.
What do people expect from teachers 'supervising?' Yeah, they're watching your kid at school so he doesnt get hit by a bus or run away and join the circus on their time.
They're not there to nanny your kid, teach them how to go potty and proper manners on how to eat or whatever.
I think of supervision in schools as: "Your child will be returned to you at the end of the day in more or less the same condition you dropped them off in."