2nd grade teacher continually cancels recess because of misbehavior, punishing even the good kids, parents want to escalate: 'He is crying every day before school from anxiety about his recess being cancelled'

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  A young boy sits in a chair with his head in his hands, upset at school

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• Taking away recess as punishment is not a great idea to begin with. Recess is a big part of education, and you can't just revoke it to enforce better behavior. It will only make the students more antsy. But that's what happened here, where a teacher was doing the best she could and tried to come up with better ways to encourage the kids to behave. The problem was that it was the setting of a chain of events that affected lots of people negatively. And one mom noticed the toll that it was taking on her young child, so she tried to make it better. Read on to see what happened here and see what you think.

• Am I in the wrong for wanting to report a teacher who keeps cancelling recess?

  

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  A classroom full of kids raise their hands while sitting on a carpet at school

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