In many countries schools have severe problems with student behavior.

 

      What do you think are the causes of this? What solutions can you suggest?

 

      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 vernment should fund this kind of parental   support, because this is no longer a problem for individual families, but for society  as a whole.