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And kids need to follow the rules. That's the way the world works.

Are all rules by definition "good" rules?

Frankly, this policy is idiotic. And if one of my kids were in this school, I'd be raising hell to get it changed.

Assigned seating has been around forever. If they're doing it at lunch it's obviously because they've had problems in the past.

If you don't like it homeschool your kid. Discipline is not something that should be getting taken out of schools.

Frankly, this policy is idiotic. And if one of my kids were in this school, I'd be raising hell to get it changed.

You're either part of the problem, or part of the solution, I'm going out on a limb and categorizing that response as part of the problem. You'd "raise hell"? And what do you teach your kids? To always be suspicious of their teachers, and the rules? To be sure, there are bad rules, but there are more reasonable ways to handle that. Don't involve the kids, quietly talk to the teachers and find out their reasons for doing things, and see if there can be compromise. Teachers do work for us, and they are aware of that.

>>Frankly, this policy is idiotic. And if one of my kids were in this school, I'd be raising hell to get it changed.<

Have you worked a school lunch lately?
If assigning seats is such a problem, it makes me wonder what would be ok?

It's not like these kids can't see their friends on the playground afterward. Does this child also have a problem with her assigned seat in the classroom? Would her father also complain about that? (Sorry, I did assigned seats in the lunchroom as a kid, I have no deep seated psych problems).

I have been in a lunchroom of 200 kids. I never want to go there again.

Darling little girls like this are used to getting their way. Daddy is just feeding into it. My six year old had a classroom full of these dumplings who had the world rise and set on their little butts. Remind them of a rule and they will smile as they do what they want. The parents back them because, "Little Suzy is just not that way."
Thank you God and all the FReepers who helped me convince Dad to let me homeschool.