techbeck Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Growing up, your best friend is the person who is always there for you and the one you share all your secrets and exploits with. But now there’s a growing movement to ban best friends. The movement isn’t a ban on friendship, it’s just geared towards having children broaden their friendship circles and become more inclusive. It’s a move a lot of educators think goes in the right direction. Rumored to have first started in Prince George’s South London school this push to breakup best friends is catching on, says clinical psychologist Dr. Barbara Greenberg. “There has been a movement in some American schools and European schools to ban the phrase ‘best friend,'” Greenberg said. “The idea of banning the phrase ‘best friends’ is a very intriguing social experiment.” And while it may be raising some eyebrows Greenberg who works with children and adolescents says there’s some good rationale behind it. “I see kids come in all week long who are feeling dreadful because they are excluded and because they are either nobody’s best friend or their best friend has moved on,” Greenberg said. The point is to teach children to be inclusive at an early age rather than exclusive, Greenberg said. More.... http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/02/13/best-friend-ban/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branfont Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Yep, this sounds like it's going to end well! /s psmoked, DConnell, DocM and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trag3dy Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) Because rejection isn't a thing after pre school and that's not something kids ever need to learn to deal with. This is why the adult shaped children in our so called places of higher learning literally cannot stand to hear opinions that run contrary to their own and it's going to get worse if this ###### continues. Dysphoria, psmoked, jnelsoninjax and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted April 24, 2018 Moderator Share Posted April 24, 2018 Idiots, this how you grew up? Why not reflect on that? If you didn't have a best friend, then you had a bad childhood... DConnell, jnelsoninjax and psmoked 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margrave Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Well, that's just stupid DConnell and psmoked 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Brain dead. We don't need to reform this psychobabble at the local administrative level but in our educator degree programs where it begins. And don't get me started on School Psychologists who don't have kids. psmoked, jnelsoninjax, DConnell and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazmac Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I don't bit more think you can BAN besties than you can tell the rain to not get your car wet. From the story it sounds like the effort is to help introverted kids to be more open. The problem comes when you get that kid who is chronically shy to understand or accept your big idea of how they should view the world. Leaving this concept in the hands of a teacher(s) IMO is only inviting mistrust and will ultimately force the kid into depression. Kids generally figure it out on their own. Would be interesting to see how they developed this idea and methodology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 We must protect kids feelings any way possible. They are fragile humans and need to be coddled so they can enjoy life now and be totally unprepared and an unproductive member of society later on. DocM, DConnell and jnelsoninjax 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 On 4/24/2018 at 9:38 PM, techbeck said: We must protect kids feelings any way possible. They are fragile humans and need to be coddled so they can enjoy life now and be totally unprepared and an unproductive member of society later on. That is exactly what will happen if when they pull this off, future government workers, or other types of bureaucratic people in the making here, even better, if they are raised without feelings then they can be molded into the "perfect" worker, or soldier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Biscuits Brown MVC Posted April 28, 2018 MVC Share Posted April 28, 2018 If parents locked down this rampant push for phones, iPads and social media and made kids actually play together in real life, things might just get better. I know, not gonna happen... jnelsoninjax, DConnell and DocM 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, Zag L. said: If parents locked down this rampant push for phones, iPads and social media and made kids actually play together in real life, things might just get better. I know, not gonna happen... You are so correct! Ditch the electronics and make the kids socialize in person! I know, a pipe dream at best! DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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