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by mensetmanusman 696 days ago
Maybe they are children before they are students?
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Sure, they are children and said children do a lot of things at school that they hide from parents. This isn't new. As long as the children are not hurting others, why should the schools care?
Teachers are surrogate guardians, the more communication the better. Children are not rational enough to make many decisions.
School-age children are actually pretty good judges of whether their parents are safe for them.
The UK has found that the institutions were harming children more than parents though.
They shouldn’t necessarily care per se, but if they are aware of anything they should basically have to inform the parents. It’s not the school’s choice to hide various things from parents, who are ultimately responsible for children until the age of adulthood.