Parents of unruly children to be fined
Parents could be fined or sent to prison if their children misbehave, under powers to be awarded to schools. They form part of a government White Paper on education to be published by the Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, tomorrow.
Most schools operate agreements under which parents and pupils undertake to promote good behaviour, but they are not enforceable. The new powers could see parents who fail to abide by them fined or given community sentences. In some cases, they could end up in prison if they did not pay the fines.
Mr Balls said on the Andrew Marr Show on BBC 1 that national curriculum tests for 11-year-olds and exam league tables would stay. The White Paper also spells out entitlements for parents and pupils.
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They don't seem to realise that every child is different and responds differently to different environments and parenting techniques.
I think Labour have been reading The SUN and Daily Mail a little too much....
Its impossible for any head teacher to taylor to every childs' needs when he/she has thousands to accommodate.
Keep it simple ...A child needs love, boundaries, a good diet, a good night's sleep and to be shown by example...it's not rocket science....
Those parents too lazy to comply deserve to be fined. It is not compulsory to squeeze out children, so if a person isn't up to the dedication and sacrifice of raising a child they shouldn't burden the rest of us with their unwanted offspring.
Or, in the words of Russell Howard regarding obesity in childhood... "Ban fast food adverts??? ...Ban your f****y until you can take care of what comes out of it!!"