I'm more in favor of Gunnery Sergeant punishment...........that's for you Pete....................

1st off i want to say mine were not angels nor did i raise them to be. they are strong willed confident children that will at times challenge the line. i think that parents dont take the responsibility that they should. so some of the actions fall upon the individuals incharge at the time of the disgression. the problem with this is that they ie teachers coaches etc have a code of conduct and also punishment ie retraining. however what works for my son does not work for my daughter and therefore they would not get the response that they are wanting by giving the same punishment so again it reverts back to me. i wonder if we had a bit more communication with teachers administration prior to the poor actions the children have made would encourage our children to behave a bit better.
i do agree with the statement that they learn from what they see, from at home to teachers etc. i onlisted two because we can affect change with proper motivation but it starts with the communication of the adults when it has gotten to this level. so mom, dad invest some time in getting to know the adults that your children deal with each day. this lets your children know that you'll have a working relationship. i like to show up at school fromtime to time just to visit with the principle, teacher, coach, custodian just to see how things are going and can i do something to helpit to be better and so they know i appreciate the job they are doing. oh by the way i know some eyebrows had to rise abit with custodian but you would be amazed at what they see and hear in the hallways.

one last thing its a game of emotion just how to channel it will make the differances i think everyone could be excited about. instead of just walk away like no big deal maybe they could run over to the bench off the playing field and holler with each other. just some thoughts from an old fat dad.

I just came from a school where corporal punishment was still being used in athletics. Ironically, we just played in the State Championship game as well. I think there is fine line between "passion" and "ignorance". I honestly want my defense to celebrate together and get fired up if they just stopped a team on fourth and goal. However, the lengths these kids have taken today exceeds team celebration and takes it to a whole new level. I typically tell my kids this; if you're celebrating without your teamates, you're the fool on the field. It's an attempt to teach them to celebrate their teamates accomplishments and not to focus on their own. I want my kids to have fun and to play with passion; but not at the expense of the other team or their own teamates. Our motto is "Win like Champions, lose like Champions."

i do like the teammates running over to encourage their teammate . when the athlete is calling attention to him or herself then it deflates the word team.
coach i do like your comment

There are still a few of us that are old school in the way we handle our kids.

yep cowboy you are right... so when the finger is being pointed please becareful and point it only at those that are the problem