Poor student behavior seems to be an increasingly widespread problem and I think that
modern lifestyles are probably responsible for this.
In many countries, the birth rate is decreasing so that families are smaller with fewer
children. These children are often spoilt, not in terms of love and attention because
working parents do not have the time for this, but in more material ways. They are allowed
to have whatever they want, regardless of price, and to behave as they please. This means
that the children grow up without consideration for others and without any understanding
of where their standard of living comes from.
When they get to school age they have not learnt any self-control or discipline. They have
less respect for their teachers and refuse to obey school rules in the way that their
parents did. Teachers continually complain about this problem and measures should be
taken to combat the situation. But I think the solution to the problem lies with the
families, who need to be more aware of the future consequences of spoiling their children.
If they could raise them to be considerate of others and to be social, responsible
individuals, the whole community would benefit.
Perhaps parenting classes are needed to help them to do this, and high quality nursery
schools could be established that would support families more in terms of raising the
next generation. The government should fund this kind of parental support, because this
is no longer a problem for individual families, but for society as a whole.