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# Let's Hope This Sentiment Jumps the Pond
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/2556/
- Published: 2005-10-03T12:17:22.000Z
- Updated: 2005-10-03T12:17:22.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Education, #wpChunk

> A leading Scots headteacher has claimed parents who won't say "no" to their children are making life harder for schools.

> Education expert Mike Beale said teachers are increasingly having to tell mums and dads to stand up to their kids.

> He insisted that discipline at home is essential for learning and attacked the idea that families had to be "democracies."

[Link](http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm%5Fobjectid=16201781&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=parents-to-blame-for-school-yobs--name%5Fpage.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

Then again, if everyone started thinking like this, the public schools wouldn't be responsible for the physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being of every child (in the past, they just took care of the intellectual part). If that happens, they wouldn't have a claim to excessive tax dollars, and the state-wide bureaucracies would shrink. What would we do then?