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I enjoyed the article. As a an educator for 38 years I've seen a little bit of everything.
Kids are kids and are pretty much the same as they were 1st day I stepped in the classroom until the day I retired.
Parents, however, and their attitudes toward their children have changed and this worries me. Parents need to allow their children to fail, not always be 1st, not always win a prize and use this as a teachable moment. How to deal with the disappointments that come about with just living. Time will tell what will happen to these kids as they become adults but I see major disappointment about life in general.
I have a good friend who is an assistant dean at a major university and she shared with me about the rise in parents actually contacting her about their "child's" grades at the college level and even challenging their admission to the graduate programs.
Just my 2cents
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