Home rules vs. school rules
One of the biggest differences we hear between home and school rules is about fighting. Many parents tell their kids that if someone hits them, it is okay to hit them back. A lot of parents say that is what worked for them growing up or their kid needs to demonstrate strength and power to avoid being a victim. However, at school, this is not okay and this is not what the kids are taught. We know and respect that this might feel necessary or may feel like the only option for conflicts in your neighborhood, and we will never tell kids that their parents are "wrong" since we believe that parents to the best they have with the skills, knowledge, and experience they have to keep their kids safe, healthy, and happy. At school, however, we cannot allow fighting and ask the kids to try some of their conflict resolution strategies instead. Below is a short clip that mirror's our belief that sometimes there just has to be home and school rules. We respect both and understand that sometimes different environments just have to have different expectations (I mean, we would never act the same at Chuck E. Cheese as we do at the movie theater, right?).