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| NASUWT president: Amanda Haehner |
A Croydon teacher has said increasing numbers of "little princes" are making teachers' lives a misery.
Amanda Haehner, the incoming president of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union and Women Teachers (NASUWT), said more must be done to discipline children at home.
Speaking at NASUWT's annual conference in Birmingham, Ms Haehner, an English teacher from St Mary's High School, said: "The rise of the little prince' and increasingly, his female sidekick is a cause for concern.
"The little prince never has to do anything he finds difficult or boring, he does not have to take responsibility for his actions. Anything negative that happens is someone else's responsibility and if this right to a stress-free existence is questioned, a doting relative will appear immediately to sort everything else."
| “The rise of ‘the little prince’ and increasingly, his female sidekick is a cause for concern." | | Amanda Haehner |
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She added these spoilt children too often turned into a "household bully" and were often "desperately unhappy" and wanted rules and boundaries so they could feel secure.
Ms Haehner said it was the responsibility of all parents, relatives, and broadcasters to demonstrate good behaviour to children.
8:15am Tuesday 25th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: Mike, croydon on 12:37pm Tue 25 Mar 08
Totally agree...parents need to say no to their kids sometimes and the kids need to learn they cannot always get what they want!
Totally agree...parents need to say no to their kids sometimes and the kids need to learn they cannot always get what they want!
Posted by: Alison, Croydon on 1:05pm Tue 25 Mar 08
I agree too. There are too many instances where all a child has to do is shout and scream to get what they want and they carry that on to school and later life - EVERYONE needs to know you can't just have what you want because you want it, you have to work for it. I pity the teachers having to deal with these children, and their idiotic parents!
I agree too. There are too many instances where all a child has to do is shout and scream to get what they want and they carry that on to school and later life - EVERYONE needs to know you can't just have what you want because you want it, you have to work for it. I pity the teachers having to deal with these children, and their idiotic parents!
Posted by: ric, kingston on 1:43pm Tue 25 Mar 08
bring back the cain or the slipper.
we can thank the PC brigade for this one.
bring back the cain or the slipper.
we can thank the PC brigade for this one.
Posted by: P on 2:33pm Tue 25 Mar 08
A little slap here and there is what these kids need. They need boundaries and to know when they have gone too far.
A little slap here and there is what these kids need. They need boundaries and to know when they have gone too far.
Posted by: Mike Melbourne, Ex Croydon on 2:56pm Tue 25 Mar 08
Far too many parents give in just to keep their children quiet in the early days and then find it more and more diffcult say no to them as they get older, just go to any supermarket and you will see parents giving in rather than explaining to little David or little Posh why they can't have the biggest pack of crisps or sweets.
Far too many parents give in just to keep their children quiet in the early days and then find it more and more diffcult say no to them as they get older, just go to any supermarket and you will see parents giving in rather than explaining to little David or little Posh why they can't have the biggest pack of crisps or sweets.
Posted by: Bob Peel, Croydon on 9:21pm Tue 25 Mar 08
Children should be disciplined by parents *before* attending school. It is not the job of teachers to have to try to instill discipline in others children. Too many parents today only care that their child is no problem to them, pop an earring i9n the ear, dress them like little adulkts and don't care what they do as long as it doesn't annoy them. Then we have the lack of father figures - but an illigimate child or three is good for benefits.
On the other hand we have teachers opposing military recruitment through the schools system. What business is it of theirs? On one hand they crib about no discipline, on the other they oppose it.
Those that can do, those that can't teach - and look at the majority of the lefty grads they let loose on children today - not worth a cold carrot. No wonder the older, more respectable teacher is cribbing.
Children should be disciplined by parents *before* attending school. It is not the job of teachers to have to try to instill discipline in others children. Too many parents today only care that their child is no problem to them, pop an earring i9n the ear, dress them like little adulkts and don't care what they do as long as it doesn't annoy them. Then we have the lack of father figures - but an illigimate child or three is good for benefits.
On the other hand we have teachers opposing military recruitment through the schools system. What business is it of theirs? On one hand they crib about no discipline, on the other they oppose it.
Those that can do, those that can't teach - and look at the majority of the lefty grads they let loose on children today - not worth a cold carrot. No wonder the older, more respectable teacher is cribbing.
Posted by: Anon, Surrey on 11:05am Wed 26 Mar 08
[quote]Then we have the lack of father figures - but an illigimate child or three is good for benefits.
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I'm a single parent, not through choice but because my ex husband was a typical man and couldn't keep his c**k in his pants.
I don't get any benefits I work long hours so my child gets a good life. My child also gets excellent reports from school, doesn't hang out on the streets and always does her homework. My next door neighbour is with her husband and her child is the worst child on the street and is excluded from school quite often.
Stop presuming all the bad kids are from single parents, there is good and bad in everything.
Oh by the way my neighbours are also on benefits with the "why should I work" attitude so many people have these days.
Then we have the lack of father figures - but an illigimate child or three is good for benefits.
I'm a single parent, not through choice but because my ex husband was a typical man and couldn't keep his c**k in his pants.
I don't get any benefits I work long hours so my child gets a good life. My child also gets excellent reports from school, doesn't hang out on the streets and always does her homework. My next door neighbour is with her husband and her child is the worst child on the street and is excluded from school quite often.
Stop presuming all the bad kids are from single parents, there is good and bad in everything.
Oh by the way my neighbours are also on benefits with the "why should I work" attitude so many people have these days.
Posted by: Bob Peel, Croydon on 10:52pm Thu 27 Mar 08
Oooh Anon Surrey, a little femaile mysogeny? Not all bloke go around sticking their pork sword into anything with a pulse.
But you didn't read my post in context, rather you read it selectively.
In no way did it suggest that sll single parents were ripping the benefit system - read again, you'll see that it does not bring responsible the parent into the equation.
For what it's worth my father did a runner when I was 14; I did not become a yob and worked to better myself. The infra-structure for that still exists today; it's so sad that many children would rather live by example from their parents and succumb to peer pressure.
Oooh Anon Surrey, a little femaile mysogeny? Not all bloke go around sticking their pork sword into anything with a pulse.
But you didn't read my post in context, rather you read it selectively.
In no way did it suggest that sll single parents were ripping the benefit system - read again, you'll see that it does not bring responsible the parent into the equation.
For what it's worth my father did a runner when I was 14; I did not become a yob and worked to better myself. The infra-structure for that still exists today; it's so sad that many children would rather live by example from their parents and succumb to peer pressure.
Posted by: ray, warlingham on 9:30am Fri 28 Mar 08
Unfortunately we cannot bring back the cain even if were abel.
Unfortunately we cannot bring back the cain even if were abel.
Posted by: Paul, Upper Norwood on 6:43am Tue 1 Apr 08
Councillor Maria Gatland [bold]Cabinet member for children, young people and learners[/bold] won't like these comments Miss Haehner; just doesn't fit in with the New Labour's mamby pamby bedwetting approach of letting benefit grabbers offspring ruin society as they search for celebrity status.
Councillor Maria Gatland
Cabinet member for children, young people and learners won't like these comments Miss Haehner; just doesn't fit in with the New Labour's mamby pamby bedwetting approach of letting benefit grabbers offspring ruin society as they search for celebrity status.
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