Why a Spring Break for children K through 12

[Bily Lovec]

15 minutes of peer pressure will easily cancel 18 years of quality upbringing...

[Fishndude]

I disagree with this to a certain point..

Don't get me wrong, it is up to the parents to bestow morals in their kids. But blaming the parents for what 18 year olds do while away from home is not right either. (to an extent)

Amen to that, Spud!! I can guarantee there is not one person here who has not given in to peer pressure. Myself included!!

[Chew]

Thanks Jeff.

[Codie]

On the subject at hand: I think spring break is awesome, just wish I still got one now that I am out in the real world.

On the new subject that seems to be coming up here: I have to agree with Kingfisher TO AN EXTENT.

"Originally Posted by SPUD
I disagree with this to a certain point..

Don't get me wrong, it is up to the parents to bestow morals in their kids. But blaming the parents for what 18 year olds do while away from home is not right either. (to an extent)"

If you knowingly send your child to partying, drinking, ect. atmosphere for any reason whether spring break or not, as far as I am concerned you are partially to blame. Yes the child made the decision to participate, but you made the decision to expose them to that. Not saying I am right, just my perception

[SPUD]

I didn't say give them the keys and tell them to have a good time...

[Codie]

" I can guarantee there is not one person here who has not given in to peer pressure. Myself included!!"

Myself included!! but that is all the more reason for me to NOT put my child into a situation where they will have the choice to give in to it as I did. It's called learning a lesson and doing your best to teach your kid that lesson without them having to go through what you had to go through. Just because I did it sure don't make it acceptable for my child to do it.

[Codie]

"I didn't say give them the keys and tell them to have a good time..."

understood

[bowhuntertex]

Well I for one loved my spring breaks at SPI. Went with my friends every year and never once got into trouble. Of course one of my good friends uncles lived down there and kept on eye on us. But I would hesitate to let my own children go unescorted. The world has changed a lot since the mid 80's.

[Bill]

15 minutes of peer pressure will easily cancel 18 years of quality upbringing...

That's a classic.

It raises the question, since there are no crops to plant and tend June-September, why are summers off too?

[Atfulldraw]

Pot stirrer.

Glad you brought it up. I also think the little rats should be in school year-round.

Crime stats would likely improve. Here in Dallas there is always a spike in car burglaries and the like during spring break and during the first two weeks of summer.

[Snakelover]

My 18 y/o stepson has been given permission by his dad to go. But since dad is out of country, I will be the one getting the phone call if he gets in a bind.

I feel for you on that point. In a divorced parent situation, each parent should be willing, able and available to deal with the consequences of their own decisions. I know, I know... in a perfect world! I can't tell you how many of my ex-wife's messes I've been left to clean up. Seems to me that your real beef is with how the step-son's dad handled things, not so much with the spring break issue.

[Encinal]

Man...

I'm glad I wasn't as sheltered. I'm glad I got to go out and raise cain and tear it up.

Girls that were sheltered in high school... kept under lock and key... and then got to leave home for college? I hung out with those girls.

And to their parents... let me just say one thing to you... Thanks.

They got to relieve 6 or 7 years of pent up hormones, inquisitive experimentation, and crazyness ALL WITH ME...instead of being slowly let to take responsibility for their own lives they just got thrown in the pool.

Most of them sink for a few years.

If you expect your child to be abstinent until marriage, drug free, and alcohol free period or until 21... good luck.

I'm rooting for you...

Of course... I root for the Washington Generals when they play the Globetrotters too.

[KNK]

Why are you blaming the break on letting the kids go off to places unescorted? Sounds like it's the parents letting them go off unescorted to me. I never got a spring break do to baseball, but I always wanted to go to Padre or somewhere like that. Would our parents have let us? Doubt it, and that would have been the end of it. We would go fishing on our days off from baseball during the week and we had a good time. I'm just tired of parents blaming everyone else when there kids screw up! If you raise your kids right from the start they will know what they should and shouldn't do. Is every kid still gonna be perfect? NO, but they'll still be alot better than the kids that don't get good guidance, and family upbringing. Yes the kids deserve the Spring Break, as do the teachers! They both (majority of them) bust their tail all year long. A week off is good for the kids to blow off some steam, and it's really important for the Faculty's morale!

Very well said Junior! Sounds like we need a little back porch time this week as well!!!

[Chasin Elk]

Why do children ages K through 12 need/deserve a Spring Break? When I was in high school, there was no Spring Break and we got along just fine.

They do not get the long three months for summer break we used to get. Spring Break now consumes part of summer break.

I am not if favor of this. I am really not in favor of high school aged children getting to go off to places like South Padre unescorted. My 18 y/o stepson has been given permission by his dad to go. But since dad is out of country, I will be the one getting the phone call if he gets in a bind.

High School kids abroad without supervision is a parenting issue that goes far beyond spring break.

Or is Spring Break just for the teachers??

My teacher wife sure does enjoy the break, so I am sure you are on to something. These breaks from school are definitely timed to when the stress is getting high(at least in my wifes case).

[Deep Creek Ranch]

One of my most Memorable times was when me and my cousin and 5 other friends loaded after our baseball game my senior year of high school and headed to south Padre Island. We stayed their for 6 days and got home sunday night just in time to get ready to go to school Monday Morning. We all bought fake ID"S down their so we could get into the clubs because we were all under 18. Some memories i will never forget. I went all through college but never had as much fun as we did when i was in highschool.