As I have my own child who is attending school now at the small age of four, I tend to drift back to childhood days of my own and seem to have had to develope a sense of trust and faith into the public schools and reassure myself that things will be just fine.
It may be a natural thing as a parent to worry about their child as you send them off with a full backpack,a pair of clothes incase of an accident, and a big kiss to say "I love you". Then as a parent, we come home with a few tears and back to everyday work load.
But, what happens on the playgrounds when not too many supervisors are around? I look around and see, no fenced in areas, a major highway, and how it would be so easy for a child to wonder off.
Preschool was fine, there were gates, and teachers plus a buzzer on the school that one had to ring or know the combination to get in.
As a parent we only want peace and comfort knowing our children are safe. How can one be comforted when we get an insurace form to fill out for extra insurance on the first day of school (incase our children get hurt). These are all things that set a parent to worry.
As a child I don't recall a time when my parent had to fill out a form to ensure my bill will be paid incase of an accident. For that matter times have changed.
As a parent, I am concerned for child safty. The system needs to be more educated in that sense. More books need to be purchased by the schools about how to create peace and love for one another. They have to remember some children are going through a very hard time at home, and they need guidence from our schools about how to love and treat one another with resepect.
I think as a parent, we need to enforce this. I know teachers can not be expected to do it all. infact, I respect teachers as it is a hard job to do. I feel if we all work together, we can make our schools a very good place where our children are happy, and not faced with tears and fear of going to school.
Not only that, but a peace of mind knowing our children are listening to the lessons more about peace, then the "bullying issue".
In closing, I understand all the precautions we all need to incorporate at home with teaching our children at an early age about some incidents that could occure on the playgrounds. But, how do we as parents do this and keep the peace involved if the issues are more about "bullying" rather then peace?
Off with the backpack and peace!
Attitude expert