Do you really know what your kids are doing?
(UPH) -- As we get older we tend to lose touch with what is going on with today's youth. Not to say that we are clueless but, it takes several weeks of questioning and a 60 minutes special just to be "in the know."
As for me, I was fortunate enough to marry a teacher. I have been given insight on an underground middle school phenomenon called "going 15." "Going 15" is a planned fight for 15 seconds that is normally video recorded by another kid with a camera phone. The fight footage is often passed along to their peers for entertainment. And you wonder why they are addicted to their ipods and cell phones. There is little intervention because these fights primarily occur in the bathroom of middle schools. No head-shots are to be taken by rule so, these kids are normally without the physical signs of fighting.
The morale of the story is to have an open dialogue with your kids. They should be comfortable enough to tell you what goes on throughout their day. This type of guidance will help your kids avoid the stupidity of volunteering for a gut punching fest in the school bathroom. Well, at least this is not as dumb as sniffing aerosol spray. Better yet I will keep praying for all of you parents out there...
As for me, I was fortunate enough to marry a teacher. I have been given insight on an underground middle school phenomenon called "going 15." "Going 15" is a planned fight for 15 seconds that is normally video recorded by another kid with a camera phone. The fight footage is often passed along to their peers for entertainment. And you wonder why they are addicted to their ipods and cell phones. There is little intervention because these fights primarily occur in the bathroom of middle schools. No head-shots are to be taken by rule so, these kids are normally without the physical signs of fighting.
The morale of the story is to have an open dialogue with your kids. They should be comfortable enough to tell you what goes on throughout their day. This type of guidance will help your kids avoid the stupidity of volunteering for a gut punching fest in the school bathroom. Well, at least this is not as dumb as sniffing aerosol spray. Better yet I will keep praying for all of you parents out there...
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