Has life at school become harder for kids than in the 70,s/80,s

[Lifeisnotsimple]

Im 43 and been out of school for a long time, my 5yr old is in yr 1 and life seems so much tougher than i can remember. He tells me stuff about playtime and i often dont read too much into it cos kids can be friends one min and then not. But he told this morning 2 boys in his class have been asking him to kiss other boys or pull their trousers down to show their bum. My ds doesnt want to do it and he said the boys were aggressive towards him. I know boys love a bit of toilet humour and in the house my ds is always on about bodily functions. I also know my kid aint any angel and can be a crafty sod. Is this just kids finding their feet?

This is wrong! We don't do that!

Yanbu

You need to immediately go into school and report this.

That is not acceptable, you should tell the teacher.

It seems to me that schools, in general, take a tougher line on bullying than in the past, and have better pastoral care. I think that, on average, teaching is better too.

However, where school is harder, is that the pressure to succeed is more, because there are relatively fewer unskilled jobs, so the focus on getting those GCSEs is more.

Also, again older than your DC, I think peer pressures are maybe more with social media, instant 24 hour contact etc. It can be difficult to escape.

No I don't think it is. I recall 'kiss chase' in primary. It was boys chasing girls to make them kiss (rather than boy's kissing boys) . i also recall skirts being pulled up to see the girl's knickers.

Though just because this occurred to girls in the 70s and 80s it doesn't mean your son needs to put up with it now.

Call the school today. No one should be forced to do anything. Without question trousers or skirts should not be pulled down or up.