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Schools May Ban Kids From Having Best Friends
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:29 am
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:29 am
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Yes!! Now let's forcefully interrupt normal social development. That friend is ok, but you HAVE TO HAVE all of these other friends, too.
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In the last few months, the trend has moved from Europe to America, according to Barbara Greenberg, a clinical psychologist specializing in family and relationship issues. Why would schools do such a thing? “They want to foster inclusivity,” Greenberg tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “And they want their schools to be characterized as having children that don’t exclude other ones. So what they did was take an extreme stance, which was to ban the whole concept of best friends in the hope that children would then form a group of friends.”
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Of course, that’s a lot to ask. “The backlash is that ‘It’s just natural for children to have best friends. How can you take away kids’ best friends?’” Greenberg, who sparked controversy when she wrote an article about the concept for U.S. News & World Report in January, wants to make sure the heart of the message is heard. “I think the real message is being lost here,” she points out, “and the real message is that we want children to be more inclusive and to think about who else they can invite to play with them, to join in with them.”
Yes!! Now let's forcefully interrupt normal social development. That friend is ok, but you HAVE TO HAVE all of these other friends, too.
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Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:31 am to High C
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:32 am to High C
Creating more Lone wolf students .. what could go wrong?
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:33 am to High C
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say a liberal came up with this shite.
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:33 am to High C
I hate this new world we live in, where opinions like this are given credence.
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:34 am to High C
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the real message is that we want children to be more inclusive and to think about who else they can invite to play with them, to join in with them.”
Exclusion is usually a deterrent to abnormal/weird behavior.
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:35 am to High C
"Everyone belongs to everyone now."
Brave New World
Brave New World
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:35 am to ReauxlTide222
They will Also mandate you have at least one friend from each race plus the gays.
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:37 am to High C
I would love to hear from a liberal on here how this is a good thing. Please share.
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:38 am to High C
Baby Boomers grew up, fricked this country, and then raised a psychotic group of retards.
Is there anything worse than Boomers and Gen X?
Is there anything worse than Boomers and Gen X?
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:39 am to Motorboat
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I hate this new world we live in, where opinions like this are given credence.
Exactly. Obviously this ban would be completely unenforceable, but the fact it is viewed as a legitimate course of action backed by sociological theory says a lot about where we are as a society.
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:40 am to High C
How the hell are you supposed to picks teams for playground dodgeball and shite? Alphabetically?
That goddamn A Aron always gets picked first, I hate him.
That goddamn A Aron always gets picked first, I hate him.
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:42 am to High C
Millennials and Boomers catch a lot of grief on here and elsewhere, but it's the Gen Xers that are predominantly doing this and fricking with kids' development and discipline. It's time we start calling out that generation of lunatics.
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:43 am to Brazos
I guess everyone will have a secret BFF. Its hard to go against human instincts.
On the more interesting side does this lead to forced polygamy?
On the more interesting side does this lead to forced polygamy?
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:43 am to High C
Not saying that I think the idea in the OP is a perfect solution or even a good idea... But in an extremely broad sense, I think it's good to teach children how to recognize when someone's being/feeling left out.
I don't really see this plan of discouraging BFFs working in practice, but I do like the ideas some schools are having about 'friendship benches' and so on. It gives kids a nudge in that direction without heavily engineering the outcome.
I don't really see this plan of discouraging BFFs working in practice, but I do like the ideas some schools are having about 'friendship benches' and so on. It gives kids a nudge in that direction without heavily engineering the outcome.
This post was edited on 2/16/18 at 9:48 am
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:45 am to Slagathor
Let kids learn that shite on their own as they get older and mature, just as we've always done it. No need for that. And people wonder why millennials suck so bad.
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:45 am to Lou Pai
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Gen Xers
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It's time we start calling out that generation of lunatics.
Screw you man, I love Nirvana and Pearl Jam. RIP Lane Staley
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:46 am to High C
If you read the article, then you realize that the subject line in this post is misleading. Schools will never ban kids from saying they have a best friend.
Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:46 am to High C
Making kids more lonely, isolated, and upset than they already are today. This is a God damn BRILLIANT idea right here.
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Posted on 2/16/18 at 9:47 am to High C
Has anyone watched the new Chris Rock stand-up on Netflix? I think he does a good job explaining bullying..We need bullies.. Because kids need to realize the world is filled with assholes and need to learn how to deal with it as early as possible.
I know he is a comedian and has to come up with edgy shite that he can make jokes about, but I really think he has a point. Schools shouldn't create a false environment for kids.. Because the second shite doesn't go their way, they don't know how to handle it. Life is not fair. People need to learn now to maximize their situation and what they were born with. If someone is ugly, stinks and is stupid, they shouldn't be told they are just like everyone else.. They need to know what they are working with so they can adapt to their situation.
I know he is a comedian and has to come up with edgy shite that he can make jokes about, but I really think he has a point. Schools shouldn't create a false environment for kids.. Because the second shite doesn't go their way, they don't know how to handle it. Life is not fair. People need to learn now to maximize their situation and what they were born with. If someone is ugly, stinks and is stupid, they shouldn't be told they are just like everyone else.. They need to know what they are working with so they can adapt to their situation.
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