Let's demand that schools adopt better, positive, proven discipline policies .

  • by: Jessie Funk
  • recipient: Parents, teachers, families, students, anyone who cares about other humans
Suspension, detention, and expulsion are used as common place discipline methods in today society even though we have ample quantitative data proving that it is not only completely ineffective but it is also damaging to our kids! Current discipline methods are directly linked to the school to prison pipeline. As concerned community members we need to demand that are schools adopt alternatives to these current methods. We have proven, positive, Evidence-based, effective discipline options right under our nose is! One. Restorative justice. Two. Character education. Three. Wilderness therapy or outdoor behavioral intervention programs. Four. Youth court. Five. Human focused service. Six. Structured, positive in school suspension programs.

These are all amazing alternatives. Of course they are not completely perfect but at the very least they are light years ahead of our current discipline system. Think about this for a second, when a child is bullied, The kid who did the bullying is suspended and sent home to play Xbox for a few days and then they come back to school with the exact same skills they had before meaning that they will just continue their behavior because they were not taught anything different.

But if we as a society invest in our challenging kids and we fight for them and we teach them the skills that they are lacking we can help them correct negative behavior and become positive, contributing members of our society.

By signing this petition you will help Address the bullying issue in our country that is directly linked to so many teams suicides. This has to stop. Discipline is one thing that can be easily fixed or at least addressed. We have to fight for our children and by choosing positive discipline for our challenging children we will thereby be protecting all of our children.
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