Quote Originally Posted by Hirlau View Post
I may understand where you are coming from on this particular issue, relating to the children's food and I possibly agree.
But the statement highlighted, is very broad, to say the least. I do not want my child taught "life skills" by the school. The current influence of the majority of school teachers, especially middle school through college, does not follow the same path as mine. "Life Skills" covers many subjects too important, to be left to a stranger or current Administration's ideology.
I expect the school to teach my child , reading writing & arithmatic. Leave the "Life Skills" to the parents.
Jeltz, we are facing a crisis, here in America, that threatens the vary foundation that our Country was founded on. The Ground 0 for this is our own public school system. If some parents drop the ball, so to speak, in the "life skills" area,,,oh well,,,.
This does not give the government (public school system) the right to implement control based on the current Administration's ideology.

Not all life skills but healthy living, confidence, assertiveness, keeping fit etc. are the kind of non academic skills schools need to pass on to kids.

I used to walk a group of kids to school a couple of whom were there because their parents were happier staying in bed than getting their kid to school on time. One 8 year boy old arrived with his breakfast which was a bag of crisps (chips) he had had nothing else before his mother had pushed him out of the door in the morning. If school can give him the skills a better life than his mother then I'm all for it, that may seem like the extreme end of the spectrum but I live in a decent area and there were quite a few kids like him.