I have been in education now for over 12 years and have seen a very negative trend. We as parents are enabling our kids and protecting them from the consequences of their actions. I see it every day!!!! These parents have little idea that by "Protecting" their kids they are setting them up for future failures--especially a sense of entitlement!

The school I teach at has been having issues with kids failing classes--just last week I had to give 3 kids zero's on a very large project--2 due to cheating and 1 for failure to hand it in by the deadline.

Within 5 minutes of handing out the zero for one of the kids found cheating I had to deal with his angry father. The boy actually left my class and called his dad. This is a sophomore boy bye the way!!!

The father did not think that 10 pages of exact same typed material should be considered cheating--the entire time his son sat there listening while his father was jumping all over me for treating his son unfairly!!! In his father's eye I was the problem NOT the action of child. Protecting his son will only give him a sense of future entitlement!!

I was asked by the parents of the student who failed to hand his project in on time if I would take it late---I told the students 3 weeks earlier that I would NOT take any late projects and a due date and time were given. Once again I was being unfair rather than the child being not responsible.

This trend exists in athletics on a daily basis as well and since I have been a head coach for the entire time that I have taught it is starting to wear on me. I talk to educators and coaches from all over and hear the same stuff--sad!!

A very sad trend that will most definitely lead our "future" into the wrong direction!

Well I would like to say thank you to you and to all our wonderful educators that try to instill the right things in our children.

Thank you for your hard work and dedication, for a very thankless job at times.