A Cambridge University Study, produced for the National Union of Teachers, found a poor standard of behaviour is being exhibited by growing numbers of children in schools. The study goes on to say, poor behaviour is one of the biggest causes of stress and extra work for school staff.

Teachers say, children are turning up for school tired and badly-behaved because they are over-indulged at home.
An example of a mother who struggled to get her five-year-old to bed at 1am instead of 3am.
Or parents who struggle to cope, resort to spoiling their children to keep them quiet.
Teachers too, offer rewards, to encourage pupils to pay attention.

The report points out, that indulgent parents are struggling in an ever more commercialised world, to deal with poor behaviour on the part of their children, and that spills over into schools.

So who, or what is at fault here?
Is it our 'must have' society, which encourages pester-power?
Or is it simply a lack of parental discipline?
Or even that horror of horrors, the 'NO' word, which is spoken so rarely these days. In relation to children, it has become an endangered word?
Last but not least, is it something lacking in our Educational system?

There have been suggestions recently, that schools should teach more Social Skills,plus basic good manners .
Are they also being expected to take over discipline, from the parents of the increasing numbers of disruptive pupils.

Surely Social Skills, Manners and Discipline start at home, as a normal part of parenting.
Only the other day, a child pushed past me from behind, almost knocking me off balance because I didn't see it coming. My immediate reaction was to request, in no uncertain terms, that an 'excuse me' wouldn't have gone amiss.
The mother defended the child's action, by saying, "Yes, we have noticed this happening a lot lately, the school isn't teaching them any manners."
What happened to parents teaching by example?

And in order to have a level playing field here, the mother of the child, is herself, a teacher.
I rest my case!!!