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Waryone,

Regarding: Toxic school socialization

What the children in school are learning are prison survival skills. They wear faddish clothes ( gang colors) to identify their clique ( gang) from others. All schools have their alpha males and alpha queens to keep the lesser kids in line.

Really,,,,,the reason "Napoleon Dynamite" and "Mean Girls" were such successful movies is that humor is truth stretched a little bit.

Some parents mistakenly think that children pick their friends. NO WAY! It is the school clique ( prison gang) that chooses their members.

Thankfully, humans are adaptable. Most make the transition from prison survival socialization to the more mature behavior they will need to learn if they are to be successful in their marriages, with their in-laws, work members, and neighbors.

Also.....why should children be expected to tolerate in school sexual harassments, teasing, and the physical and emotional abuse that would win an adult MILLIONS? Huh? Adults are awarded millions and a kid is told that this toxic environment is good for him?

Sorry,,,,,I don't get it.

I don't get it either.

You reminded me of something. The boys who wear their pants below their underpants probably don't realize that fad came from the prisons. Men who wanted to advertise that they were available for other prisoners' sexual advances would wear their pants half way down their rear ends.

These boys today just think it is a cool style. The teachers and school administrators think it is freedom of expression. I wonder what parolees think when they see these young boys dressed like that.