Kids are either misbehaving or not learning, parents are putting their hands up, and the state is having to regulate, what kids can and can't do.
I was watching the news last night and a researcher was telling the story of an early childhood teacher.
Teacher said parents had turned up with their toddler to class, handed over an Ipad with the kid, and said that the child would not eat any meals without being plugged into an Ipad.
You can't tell me parents haven't heard screen time is bad news.
Remember ECE is for kids who are three months to 5 years old.
So, perhaps to offset what the kid is being allowed to do at home, National wants to ban screens in class for toddlers.
In the UK, the state is now going after parents whose kids are behaving badly and turning into crooks.
If your kid commits crimes, you could lose your benefit or be sent to prison or fined.
So, we have the state basically saying that parents are not controlling their kids - either on screens or on the streets - and so steps in to parent for them.
Or use doll out punishment to force them to parent properly.
Which begs the question, what's happened to parenting?
Ryan Bridge is a New Zealand broadcaster who has worked on many current affairs television and radio shows. He currently hosts Newstalk ZB's Early Edition - where this article was sourced.
5 comments:
Sue Bradford made it hard to discipline children. Parents were scared of retribution for smacking a child. So no discipline, screens are the "discipline".
Then the child abuse stats also got worse. So Sue Bradford made everything worse.
There has been a lot of talk lately about how gutless the National Party is. They simply will not take a stand on anything. Sadly it's not new. John Key had opportunity to reverse the nightmare smacking legislation but refused to. I promised to never vote for them again. I'm a retired businessman and should therefore naturally be a National supporter, but they continually disappoint me. Blind Freddy could see that we would end up with a generation of unruly children. Meanwhile the politicians that enacted that diastrous legislation are long gone
Or the children are already such intellectually or motivationally damaged goods that many adults, including parents, are walking away in frustration. If parents can’t cope with their own children why expect anyone else to cope with them? Maybe this era of disability will soon pass and competence will become prized again.
National is within its rights to ban the use of screens in early education environments. They need to repeal the anti-smacking law if they want to help parents. It hasn't had the effect that they claimed it would.
Being a Christian , I have looked into this ' Spare the Rod ' Stuff . You Know .
Anyway a tiny bit of study of Hebrew reveals a 'rod ' is not necessary a stick , but disciplining in general .- guidance , firm control , parental direction , even tough love .
The Crazy Romantic of 17th Century, JJ Rousseau who contributed to the brutality pf the French Revolution . had the idea that any discipline of a child was repressive because it caused low self esteem and damaged their natural goodness. .
Rousseau's ideas didn't just influence parents but were also incorporated into education at all levels. Yet discipline for a child gives them security and boundaries.It is common sense , for goodness sake. Apparently the 'No Smacking ' law has resulted in more cases of child death by violence. in NZ . Stupid Sue Bradford . .
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