Valentine's Dat Card Massacre

[Oneeyedvic]

http://news.bbc.co.uk.../somerset/8510091.stm

///A primary school in Weston-super-Mare has been criticised for banning Valentine cards to save pupils the "emotional trauma" of being rejected.

Children at Ashcombe Primary School were stopped from exchanging cards because the head teacher said they were not emotionally mature enough to cope. ///

Kids will see adults giving and receiving these cards as a token of love (or lust!) and they emulate their elders. Of course it is just a bit of fun isn't it?

But kids will also see adults wear sexually provocative clothes - and will try and emulate that behaviour.

And kids will also see adults engaging in kissing etc - and try to emulate that behaviour.

We constantly say that kids grow up to fast and we are sexualising kids too soon, but as soon as a head teacher tries to draw a line, they are ridiculed and lambasted.

Are we guilty of sending kids mixed messages?

[Gromit]

As per several answers lately, the school is right to ban them. What children do or wear when not at school is up to them (or their parents), but school is for learning and is not a popularity parade or religious venue.

[JanineG]

the question is why are these children not emotionally equipped to deal with rejection? are they in cottonwool? THis is part of growing up for goodness sake - this headteacher needs to realise that children need to experience being children - the good and the bad. I can certainly never recall being an emotional wreck for not receiving a card on valentine's day - and i'm sure none of you can either - this is ridiculous.

Gromit - your right that school is for learning - but included in that is social skills and life itself isn't it? not just conventional education.

Exactly what harm would it do for the headteacher to keep his nose out of this and let the kids be what they are - kids !