Spoiled kids 'bad for classroom'
Teachers have warned that growing numbers of children are badly behaved because they are being "spoiled" at home.
The Cambridge
University study,
produced for the
National Union of
Teachers (NUT),
found poor standards
of behaviour was one
of the biggest
causes of stress and
extra work for
school staff.
"Indulgent parents
are struggling in a
commercialised world
to deal with poor
behaviour on the
part of their
children and that
spills over into
schools" - Steve
Sinnott.
This represented a
"noticeable change
in the climate of
schooling" over the
past six years, the
study said. NUT
general secretary
Steve Sinnott said:
"Parents seem to be
trying to cope by
over-indulging their
youngsters," he
said.
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