Rodney L. Pry More and more, teachers of children are seeing an increased discipline problem within the Sunday school. In the past, the worst that most teachers had to be concerned with was a student who wouldn't share or who found it hard to sit still. But today vandalism, profanity, theft, violence and more are making their way into the Sunday school classroom. And, add to these a defiant attitude of many children who have no respect for authority and rebel against any attempt to correct their actions. Some have paddled kids who wouldn't listen, but striking a child is against the law.
Some teachers yell at the pupils, who only yell back.
Still others grit their teeth, cry or quit. Before we take a look at what can be done, we need to think about the ways that children learn. Most children have very short attention spans. Children want to be involved in the learning process and discover things for themselves. And, they want to have an opportunity to talk and make a contribution to the lesson.