Thank you for your reply Corinne,

I added a new group to simplify this. The Not My Child Syndrome, also the title of my book to be released soon.

Winetuscany

How do teachers handle this situation? Do they let it slide?

Respect for others feelings, property, for elders.

My thoughts on what happened to teaching respect...
Start young, give alot of love however it is wise to also teach your child not to cling to you, cry when you go out of the room etc. When your child is young teach by example. When a child,teen show disrespect give a consequence and make sure they understand what they did and have them give you feedback, very important.

The kids at Douglas high school has and will always be disrespectfully to the teachers and other students. Nothing can or will change this.

Any student that attends a Douglas public school will be subject to a horrible education, will not understand or even consider a respectful attitude towards adults, teachers, parents, or themselves. They will also engage in activities such as smoking marijuana under bridges and at baseball fields.

Don't you think that respect starts with appropriate parental example?

Are you a teacher for that school? What happened to appropriate parental example?

Respect is achieve through going school and learning through teacher

Oh My.....Do you know what day in age this is? First and foremost it is not an easy job raising children...Let me guess you are a teacher...who is very happily married and has children who are for lack of better words...upstanding in all areas...now reality check ..some people cant afford to live in nice upscale areas where there children are not faced with some of the real issue of todays life....Or they are very sheltered from it...There are drugs ,violence,bullying,alcohol,guns everywhere some are exposed on a daily basis ,others a little and some none at all....The reality is for some... this is a way of living and others are appalled at this...if you were raised like this that is all you know...Some familys dont condone this but have to live in areas that this kind of behavior is second nature...The children that are drug addicted or smart mouths or hard - - - - - - We need to get to the real problem and by doing this you ask yourself 2 questions..Did it come from the parents if so we need to be hard on the parents and help the child....Is this a learned behavior from other kids in the area then if so...Take them out of the situation and put them in your home...since you care so much to start this forum...I have and would again!!!!