Reply #37: Do these parents not think they have helped to single their own children out?

[mamaleah]

Parents of two boys with behavior problems who have never come to any school meetings and then are mad at the school for not....do their job for them?

Now I know I am old. I lived in fear of the call to my parents from the school. It actually meant you were about to be knee deep in shit when you got home. Apparently, it's not an issue anymore.

What punishment is available to the school except to exclude these two children from an outing? Or does that somehow damage their self-esteem? Should they not be punished at all? Would that make their parents happier?