I was quite infuriated yesterday while we were at the part picnicing after my daughters field trip.
Everything was fine and dandy until another school district with older kids showed up. Of course our group had already taken up all the picnic tables so they had to sit on the bleachers which apparently didn't make them too happy.
After the kids got done eating they started playing on the playground equipment, which by the way they were too big for, and not watching out for the younger kids on the playground.
We have 45 kindergarteners and about 45 6th graders at the playground now. Mind, you this park was hardly big enough for 45 kindergarteners let alone the other kids.
Some of the kids from our school were teeter tootering next to some of the bigger kids. When a police officer showed up. The older kids were teaching the younger kids to call the police officer a "stupid po po" I was ticked. Of course our kids didn't know what a "stupid po po" was so they started asking where's the stupid po po. Ugh!! I told our kids, we don't talk about cops that way. We only use nice and kind words when referring to another person.
I gave the older kids a nice look and told them to have a little more respect for people and be examples for the younger kids. They weren't be cute of funny but done right disrespectful which really ticks me off.
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When I see adults forgetting to be polite to cashiers, say thank you to kids, spend time with them, I don't wonder why they never learned manners.
And 6th graders? Middle schoolers are at the stage between childhood and adulthood. We expect more from them at this age than ever before and parents/adults give them the least amount of needed supervision (try to find an aftercare for middle school aged kids who's parents work and you'll know how much respect society has for them). Their brains are in the process of completely reorganizing, their hormones are starting to flow, and their bodies are growing at alarming rates. The only time the human body changes this much is the year between birth and 1.
So next time you feel frustrated with a middle schooler, remember, they are children and need guidance and patience too!
I will admit though that if something like this would have happened to me, I would not have said anything to the kids, but to the teachers. Down here in S. Florida it seems like even sixth graders carry knives and guns.
We have a playground nearby where we go once in a while, and there is a basketball court as well. I am often surprised about how well behaved the young boys/men are towards me and my sons, when we come to play.
It sounds like you handled it well. I hate when older kids do that as well. I have problems with my teen son teaching my younger kids stuff like that..not nice at all.