>>It should be, but it just isn't.
Yeah, it's not, but it should be.
My kids all go to school on the first day thinking everyone in the world loves them. Sadly that's as far as my protection can extend for that emotion, even in a private school (which is killing me financially) the other children quickly make groups of us vs. them.
I will still stop and get after some child whose parent is not minding them, and they are doing something obviously wrong. (I’ve had a few absentee parents be a mite upset about that. My reply usually is “Would you rather I kidnapped them? You were here neither to teach nor protect them”)
Good for you! So many will do nothing for fear that the parent will object. Doing the right thing without fear of repercussion..is desperately needed today.