By Gavin Mackintosh-
Middle-class parents are damaging their children by not being able to say “no”, according to a top child psychologist.
Bad behaviour in the classroom stem from the attitude of parents, not children , according to research psychologist, Dr Amanda Gummer. Gummer specializes in child development.
“Wild, unruly children are increasingly likely to be the progeny of so-called ‘helicopter’ parents,” said Dr Gummer writing for the Daily Mail, “those who give intensive, one-on-one attention to their child and pander to their every whim, fueling a ‘little emperor syndrome”, she said. They are ruthlessly ambitious for their children, failing to realize how badly their molly coddling is preparing them for the compromises o real life”
“These children struggle in the classroom because they cannot cope with not being number one,” she added. “So they play up to try to get the attention they have been raised to believe ought to be all theirs”.
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CRITICAL
Badly behaved children have always been a critical problem in many primary and secondary schools, but the worst children are usually not from middle class backgrounds.They usually come from broken homes or working class families where discipline has historically been a problem.
Professional and educated parents whose children pose a problem at school really should be ashamed of themselves. Such parents have many disciplinary avenues open to them including withholding pocket money seizing mobile phones, and instilling the rudimentary principles o discipline in their children.
INEXCUSABLE
Their failure to discipline their children at home and liaise with their teachers to ensure this children are strictly held to account for their behaviour is inexcusable. Parents have a lot more power and influence over the behaviour of their children, but more effective and informative parent’s evenings at schools is necessary.
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