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Originally Posted by MorganGrayson
Despite the crap they tell you about all the "influences" on children, the buck *always* stops at home. You do it right and you always have more of an effect on your children than outside forces. My children are all adults now and some of the bitterness over their high school experiences have worn off. (Some.) They can laugh now. They say "of course I know that...but I learned it at home." My kids got their butts parked in front of the TV, too...but it was the Learning Channel, the Discovery Channel, PBS...the wealth of information available to educate your kids. Oh, and of course, the internet. And good old fashioned books. It may be an apathetic society...but you decide whether or not you want apathetic children. And when you do have kids and they're in school, volunteer for the PTA. You'll be *there* and you'll know more about what's going on in their school. Your kids will get treated differently. You kids will *know* when they've got an asshole teacher and react appropriately. They'll also know when they get a good one and make that teacher's life so much easier.
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I agree about everything stopping at home, but what sense does it make to send my kids to school then have to de-learn everything they've been taught and teach them again. I'm sending my kids to montessori schools then when they're old enough I think I'm going to home-school them just to avoid the hassle of them being taught by people who need a calculator to put 2 and 2 together