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i gave a kid too many bananas, therefore gentle parenting is bad

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I work with teachers who say this to me directly. But you have to remember, these kids only know the world they were born into, and in that world, sometimes, it just goes to total shit and everything shuts down, and you stay in the house for two months.

THAT'S NORMAL to these kids. They don't understand a world where that isn't NORMAL. So I'm not too surprised when people tell me they have the "worst class they've ever taught" this year, or the last year. It's a phenomenon that has only cropped up since "the end of covid".

What does anything matter to a kid who's understanding of the world is the above? That sometimes, everything becomes weird, a scary, and fucked up, and you have to stay home. I'd be a terror too probably...