Behaviour Management in Schools

Behaviour Management in Schools

According to a report commissioned by the NUT, primary school pupils are increasingly difficult to teach as they throw tantrums during lessons if they fail to get their own way. Teachers blamed highly permissive parents who admitted to indulging their children, often for the sake of peace or simply because they had run out of alternative incentives or sanctions says the report. Echoing the above, Mr Justice Coleridge, one of the country's most senior judges has said, “Britain is suffering from an epidemic of family breakdowns affecting all levels of society. We are experiencing a period of family meltdown whose effects will be as catastrophic as the meltdown of the ice caps."

In no small part the issue is one of boundaries, boundaries that once served us geographically, politically, socially and emotionally are either blurred or non-existent. We are not sure where to draw the line and the rules are regularly challenged and changed. We have forgotten it seems, that our children cannot live healthy lives without boundaries, structures or rules.