Sunday, September 29, 2013

Fine Parents If Their Kid Is a Bully?


The purpose of this course blog is to serve as a practice exercise in EDM 510.

 

Fine Parents If Their Kid Is a Bully?

Today we began reading our scholastic news weekly reader in class. Each issue contains a debate. The debate for this week is whether parents should be fined if their kid is a bully. Read more about the debate on page 7 with this link http://sni.scholastic.com/SN4/10_07_13_SN4/book#/6 .

Do you feel parents should be fined or not? Explain. Post your answer and reasoning to this blog.

LBowling

6 comments:

  1. Lauren,
    I really liked your link. How can I sign up for the scholastic readers? I have never heard of parents being fined if their child is caught bullying. I, although am going with the parent needs to be fined because the child has learned that behavior somewhere and it usually begins at home. I do see the point that the law should not fine parents because it is ultimately the child’s choice. But, I think that the parents should pay closer attention at how they act in front of their child. Children learn through observation. They generally know what is right and what is wrong. If they see their mother bullying their father than the child will think it is ok for bullying to occur. Great topic, Lauren! KAllsup

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    1. Katie,
      At the beginning of the school year our grade level collects an additional five dollar fee so that each student can receive a weekly reader. They are a great tool to reinforce reading skills, and the standards are aligned with common core. The students really enjoy them as well. The link I provided is free and sometimes I will display the reader on the smart board when we are having a whole group discussion. They also provide additional games with the vocabulary words that are covered, and a video on the main article of the week.
      LBowling

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  2. Lauren,
    I loved how you were able to upload the actual article from the Scholastic News. I believe the parents should be held responsible for their child if he/she is caught bullying, but I'm not sure if a fine would be the best "punishment". I think the parent and the child should attend some sort of intervention or counseling to deal specifically with the problem of bullying. Children who bully often have other more serious issues, and these things need to be addressed, not just pushed aside. I believe counseling or intervention classes would help alleviate the problem. I agree with Katie. Great topic! JFeltman

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    1. Jennifer,
      Intervention or counseling is a great idea! I used the link from the weekly reader to pull up the actual article. I just happened to notice the link on the reader in class last year, and have been using the website as an additional tool to teach the weekly reader. If you go to the main page, you are able to view all of the recent weekly readers. Students can even vote on the debates, play games, and learn additional information on the topics covered.
      LBowling

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  3. Jennifer,
    I agree about the child and the parent should attend counseling or intervention. There usually is a unknown issue that the child or parent has that is resulting to bullying. Thank you for pointing that out!! KAllsup

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  4. Lauren,
    This is a very interesting topic. Sometimes we have parents that are involved and very concerned about their child's behavior and we have those parents that seem to not care very much at all. I think that fining parents is an interesting idea, but I think that people have developed many different views on what school is all about, what our job is as teachers, and what kids should be able to do or are expected to do. There's a story behind every action and I think that a majority of kids are being exposed to situations or are growing up in environments that we'd label as "inappropriate."
    LFrye

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