I drive a school bus on the east side of my city, to an RC and several public elementary schools hosting kindergarten to grade six kids. It seems that most of the kids attending these schools are from Africa or the Middle East.
In nice weather, often times mother will walk with a baby in a stroller and a toddler or two running free, near her. The toddlers tend to run free, running into the road and risking injury. In addition, many parents pick their kids up at school, offer parked across the street.
Do they encourage the kids to use the MARKED CROSSWALKS, manned by CROSSING GUARDS? Of course not! Instead, these parents encourage the kids to cross in the middle of the street, and the kids rarely check traffic! Arriving to pick up my ‘kids’, it takes two minutes to go by the school and park. Driving with my ‘kids’ past the school, after school dismissal, takes 10-15 minutes!
It seems to me the attitude amongst many that we import into Canada is, ‘Let’s have eight kids. We get more welfare with eight than three, and if one or two get killed, meh, we’ll just make more!’. When you move to Canada, LEAVE YOUR THE CALLOUS ATTITUDE ABOUT KIDS IN YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN!
Someday (not soon, I hope), the United States will fall apart, much like the Roman Empire did. And then someone will write a history of it. And there will be an entire chapter devoted to how stupid it was for the US to discard the “melting pot” idea.
I’m not Canadian, but I’m guessing that will hold true for Canada as well.
I know someone who worked as a Head Start teacher for over 20 years. A recent challenge is the absolute lack of boundaries in the children of the demographics you mention. Taking them out to the playground is a nightmare for all the staff. The kids just run in all directions-into the street, other properties, etc. The staff does their best to herd them and try to teach them to play on the equipment and stay on the playground. It’s just crazy.
Manners and boundaries indicate a respect for other people and their property.