Parents Talk: Teens Behaving Badly
We don't teach our kids to hang dolls at school or act in a way that gets them suspended from sports. So why are they doing it?
Bad teen behavior has been a recent hot topic in the news. Several players from the Maple Grove Senior High boys' hockey team were suspended from play for several games. The suspensions involved 13 players for at least two games, some facing four-game suspensions beginning Jan. 17 for an "off-campus incident." The nature of the incident has not been disclosed by the school district. Students and staff at Minneapolis Washburn High School are under fire for an incident this month in which teens hung a dark-skinned doll. The district's superintendent said she plans to review the social studies curriculum to make sure students understand historic implications of such actions. Why do our children sometimes act in ways we don't understand? …
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Mary
1:35 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Jonah, Please do not lump all hockey players into the "Neanderthal" group. My son has been a hockey player since he was 5, I know the type of players and parents your are talking about but it is not all in fact it is a small group overall that behave badly. However that being said, I do not agree with the way the Maple Grove situation is being handled. This is not just a "boys being boys" … more ›