decline of parenting skills
There's an interesting Cafferty tirade up on CNN.com today, and oddly enough it fits in fairly well with my recent post on public education. Now, most times I roll my eyes a bit at Cafferty -- because he's a blowhard shock-jock type, that's why -- but sometimes he makes a good point, and I'll give him his due. In this article he says, among other things, "Maybe it's parenting that's on the decline, more than the schools."
The rest of the article degenerates into a rant because some kid in some restaurant was acting up. (I would have thought anyone with kids might have been there a time or two and would have more sympathy, but whatever.)
In the end, the article is interesting because he, like so many other folks (including me), lays a big portion of the blame for crappy public education at the feet of parents.
And as with all things fashionable, I'm wondering if it's as easy as all that.
The rest of the article degenerates into a rant because some kid in some restaurant was acting up. (I would have thought anyone with kids might have been there a time or two and would have more sympathy, but whatever.)
In the end, the article is interesting because he, like so many other folks (including me), lays a big portion of the blame for crappy public education at the feet of parents.
And as with all things fashionable, I'm wondering if it's as easy as all that.