Saying “no” to our kids is an important part of parenting – but experts believe some children aren’t hearing the word enough. If at all.
Amongst claims of a “burgeoning crisis of behaviour and safety” in schools, the government’s behaviour tsar has suggested some parents aren’t saying “no” to their kids enough.
Tom Bennett, the Department for Education’s ambassador for attendance and behaviour, told The Times: “Some parents have very weak boundaries with their own children. They allow them to be on their iPads and phones all day and think that that’s loving and caring because that’s what they want and ‘it’s making my child happy’.
“Schools are saying, no, we are going to do it like t...
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