Double-Half
or One Ten without ham

I don´t know.
I´m a "child" of the 70´s.

And I was kinda "shocked" to read about how this German Mum stayed with her crying kids when they first started school.

I just don´t get it.

I was a very, very shy child.
My Mum brought me to school and baaaahm. That was it, I had to just deal.
And I did.

OK in second grade the gas station right beside was burning.
And our teacher was so unsensitive he forced us to even paint it.

I got scared and very mad cause our house was nearby, too (different direction, female sense of that, I had no idea).
I cried my soul out and they finally really called my Mum to come over (5 minutes by foot - our house WAS nearby).

But that was very extreme - a gas station on fire!!!
Just wait for the BOOM (didn´t happen).

But a Mum who brings her child EVERY morning into class?! An every morning crying child???? For WEEKS?

We were at Schadt´s and a child in the street was SCREAMING.
Like.... forever. Again and again.

I was told to shut up AT ONCE.
Or I GOT A REASON to scream or cry.

Am I old?
Yes.
But. My Nieces they are told to shut up, too. (They never "get a reason", though).

What is normal these days?

Are kids really not able anymore to deal with new situations?
Will this Mum also be at their side when they apply and hopefully start their first job????

Do they help them in doing this???

I do not get it.

Rant over (this Mum is even proud of herself for doing this!).

(Here is an interesting/ridiculous Spiegel article on it (google sure can translate, if you are interested).

Your opinion? Maybe I´m totally wrong/old?