Children bring the values and mores of their homes and neighborhoods to school. They come to school with the prejudices and habits of their families and friends. The approaches used to solve problems at home will be used in school by the children. The acceptance at home of differences in people, cultures, and languages will be carried to school. The respect for rules and order at home will be recreated in schools.
Schools mirror the collective home of our children.
Thus, as children enter their school they see the values and beliefs of the adults projected in the behavior and attitudes of themselves and their classmates. Adults have allowed TV to replace conversation and reading. In 1971 the TV in the average American home was on for 6 hours. and 2 minutes. Adults do not regularly attend PTA meetings. In one school of 190 students we devoted most of a year to increase the parental participation in PTA meetings.