No. Such. Luck.
They have a stoplight behavior system at her school. If she's good, she will get a green sticker. If she's bad, it's red. Yellow is for warnings. At the end of the week, if she gets all green stickers, she gets a small prize.
She hasn't had a green week yet.
Don't get me wrong, she isn't a bad kid. She's just so damn smart she thinks the rules don't apply to her. She's been getting into trouble because of her incessant talking. And talking. And talking. My kid talks non-stop from the time she gets up in the morning until she goes to bed.
I went to a strict Catholic school for my elementary years. I remember those hard ass nuns glaring at me because I wouldn't shut my piehole, either. So I wonder where she gets it? The only difference between then and now is those nuns didn't think twice about slapping my hands with a pointer. That got my attention! Can you imagine if that happened in a school today? The teacher would get fired immediately. And that's sad.
It's part of the reason why I think kids are so entitled these days. Teachers and caregivers' hands are tied when it comes to doling out punishment. They're so afraid of lawsuits by those parents who "don't believe in discipline because I want my kid to like me" that they can't even give timeouts any more. Guess what? It's not working.
There is a drop off childcare place I sometimes take my daughter that she loves to go to. One of the first times she was there, I told the employee, "Feel free to give her a timeout if she misbehaves." The employee's eyes got really big and she said, "We can't do timeouts here because some of the parents will complain." WHAT?? I would love to meet those parents. I guess I know why my daughter loves to go there. No discipline and she can do whatever the fuck she wants thanks to "some parents."
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