This is something close to home for me, I have 3 boys, the education system doesn’t seem to cater to a lot of boys.

  • TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    I think a lot of folks might overlook how different schooling is now than say when I was a kid in the 80s. Back then, classroom sizes were on average quite a lot smaller than they are now; and perhaps more importantly it was still common to have one parent not working, or only in part-time work.

    There are lots of kids growing up nowadays where both parents are working 8+ hour days, and combined with commuting times etc a lot of the daytime opportunity for interactions with parents, discussing what they’re learning, exploring books, nature, whatever just isn’t as available as it was 40-50 years ago.