Am I being a snowflake?

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You'll rarely find me offended or pearl clutching but my 6 yr olds school reading book has got me a little twitchy.

We had to have a conversation about the 'olden days' and corporal punishment.

I find the aggression in the teachers face most disturbing!

I feel like asking the school to put it out of commission....
so, am I being a snowflake?

You're being a snowflake I'm afraid (we've all had snowy moments don't worry!)

I think it's hilarious that we use the term 'snowflake' so readily these days. No, I would not be happy if my six year old came home with that reading material. 20 years ago that may have been acceptable but not now. I would like to think that we've moved on as a society. Oh and yes the facial expressions are weirdly disturbing.

Books are great opportunities to discuss past and present. You can’t shield children from life.

Have you ever read Strewelpeter? 😀

Omg yes! I have it. Was my DD’s absolute favourite , especially Fidgety Philip!

Yes, you are.

My 6yo read this last week. Didn't bother me at all and he's not mentioned it since so I don't think he's been traumatised!

I must admit I sometimes tell my DC how my DM used to hit me; the tale is usually accompanied by a strong undercurrent of 'Count your blessings' I tell myself they are briefly cowed, but they're not. Little sods!

I've seen that one, I've already talked about how grandad would have had his bottom slapped with a stick by his teachers if he was naughty and we dont do that anymore. It was a good discussion point. (Doesn't stop the kids hitting each other though, I feel like I spend my life saying don't hit your sister)

Although, we read one where I also has to explain what a tape was. I checked the first published date and it said 2006, could you even buy a tape then? Another history lesson

You may want to stop your child from studying history!

I'd be more concerned if the teacher was grinning or laughing.

My kids have grown up with my parents telling them about how they used to get the cane (neither got it very often, but apparently once is enough to remember it vividly). I was smacked once when I was at primary school, I was 5. My parents never even knew because I was too ashamed to tell them.

My dad was a teacher in a tough secondary school in the 70s. He was expected to cane the boys, or throw board rubbers at them, but he refused. He was one of the most popular teachers in the school, and nobody misbehaved in Mr Dragon's classes because they didn't want him to be told off for not caning them. It was a weird world back then.

Awesome you've reminded me of an opposing anecdote from my own school (in the ME - mostly arab but some european students, all girls). If the local girls misbehaved in class and their teachers told their parents, the girls would then be beaten as a matter of course. The teachers (all british) were obviously horrified at this and so never wanted to tell the local girls' parents anything. The naughtier local girls (well, some of them - clearly not all were the same!) took advantage of this by taking the complete piss, all the time. Naughty europeans got the full brunt of teacher wroth, however. I don't even think any of us europeans got annoyed by it - we understood that the teachers were in a predicament and frankly we wouldn't have swapped lives with the local girls for anything (they were destined to become married off and deeply bored, whole we had at least the option of uni and jobs).

I hadn't thought about that in years...

I think so, yes,

Yes you are sorry ❄️ The picture is just meant to be Chip’s idea of what it was like back then.