This Morning Sparks Debate By Asking Viewers: “Are Parents Too Soft On Their Children?”

This Morning has sparked debate by asking their viewers and followers on Twitter if parents are too soft on their children. On Monday’s show, presenters Ruth Langsford and Rylan Clark-Neal were talking about how some toddlers have been expelled from nurseries after violent behaviour and whether the problem stems from home. A survey, conducted by the show, found that almost two thirds of people know a child who has been violent towards a fellow pupil or teacher. A fifth apparently revealed that their child had been violent towards them or another family member. The programme threw the question out on Twitter, asking: “As we talk about the one year olds deemed too violent for nursery, we want to know - are parents too soft on their children?” It received a rather mixed reaction...

We teach kids that when we do wrong they are punished with a smack to the wrist or bum then complain when our kids are violent #ViolentKids

— Jennie Knapper (@jen_napa) 4 April 2016

@itvthismorning #violentkids when my son was 2 yrs old he bit another child at a stay and play group. I was traumatised. He had intervention — Emma Price (@emmardj) 4 April 2016

#violentkids @itvthismorning too much pressure is put on teachers to behaviour manage. Parents and teachers need to work together

— #Belindaa (@PhoenixFireLove) 4 April 2016

@itvthismorning I'm sorry but if your child is violent and biting other children then they deserve to be excluded! #ViolentKids — Mark Edwards (@markieeds7) 4 April 2016

@itvthismorning #ViolentKids ya carnt label 1 year old as violent they dont know how 2 communticate & parential influence is clearly lacking

— Heather (@xxheather96) 4 April 2016

#violentkids @itvthismorning I totally agree that it's about working together. Then again there is a massive strain on teachers... — #Belindaa (@PhoenixFireLove) 4 April 2016

I think that children that are 1 should not be expelled instead that boundaries be put down for their age group #thismorning #violentkids

— Deejay (@DJMeiring1) 4 April 2016

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