I was a good quiet kid in primary school and never got rewarded, where as the crazy kids got rewarded daily if they didn't be bad for 5 minutes

When I was growing up, my parents made me behave. I was taught the importance of: rules, boundaries, the word "no", and to knock it off when I am acting up

_"If you don't stop, you're going to go home!"_ That's the point of his outburst! We *wants* to go home!

My son was a handful for a while during late primary, so I attended part of each school day with him. I wasn't made to, and I was very lucky I could manage it, but I figured the other kids were losing time when he acted up, so it was only fair. I went under the guise of volunteering, and I actually made myself useful and led reading groups and provided individual help with math. I didn't even go a full year and he really seemed to settle down, he didn't especially like having me there and I think it made the teachers resent his presence less. So it was a sort of win, win. I understand not all parents can manage that, but those who can, and have children that deplete resources ought to step up.

"Nowhere to climb on" Kid in the background climbing on the door

It all starts at home. The parents or caregiver should be held accountable.

This is a tough situation because there are kids that have disorders like ADHD,and so you can't always blame the parents.However,I feel really bad for the teachers because they are forced to deal with these kids who can behave like little lunatics,and nothing they try will calm the child.Plus it takes so much time away from well behaved students,because these poor teachers are spending 80% of their time dealing with the ones who are constantly acting up.

46 seconds in and my first question is: what does the government have to do with this? A child's behavior isn't anyone else's problem, but a parent's.

If I see a kid like Levi on my child's class, I'm changing schools.

That early intervention program is really, really impressive. Education should be more than just learning facts and teaching should be about educating the whole child without a focus on grades. This is going to do so much good for the emotional health of these kids.

The problem is the fact that other children see that the ‘naughty/disruptive’ children get praised after being not violent for a day even though they where for the rest of the week. We are praising children for not being violent which should happen no matter what.

Start with the parents. Get them to work with the schools. Supernanny is really needed

Levi has them all in his control!! All the attention!! His behavior is working quite nicely I would say....3-4 teachers trying to control one child

I think the teachers are wonderful. That being said the problem with these children begins at home with poor parenting skills. It is not the child's fault they have such poor parenting. I've been a teacher for 25 years and it is extremely frustrating to have these disruptive children in class. Budgetary concerns in most school districts will not allow these "nurture" classes. Therefore teachers are stuck depriving their other students of a proper education. Programs must be set up to teach the PARENTS what they are doing wrong.

No effective boundaries, no wonder these children are 'distressed'.

Man.... And as a child I was called aggressive and selfish just for not wanting to play with my little sister. These kids are phychos.

In my village there is a child at the school that has hit the teachers, the childs mother has also attacked teachers both physically and verbally. The mother was banned from the school grounds until the headmaster left and pasted away, she is now getting away with verbally abusing other parents because she claims she has mental health issues. Yes she knows how to play the system. Her child is if you ask me coping the mother which is a shame.

When I was in middle school in southeastern New York State in the early 1980s, we had a student in our art class (one of my favorite classes) who was constantly disruptive and very rude to the teacher. Our teacher was very nice. However, she had to send this student to the principal's office I don't know how many times. I can't help but wonder what happened to him in later years or if he's even still alive. There were also times that I was disruptive in class and had to be taught a lesson. If I could meet some of those teachers now (if they're still alive), I would say thank you. Thank you for putting me on the straight and narrow. Now, not only do I have a high school diploma but I also have a college degree.

I had adhd and still have adhd aged 43.I wish i had been sent to a special school as i didn't learn much in mainstream and i was disruptive which wasn't fair on other children.

In a Canadian school, I was physically threated by a group of +/- 13 year old boys. I reminded them that if they touched me it would become a police matter. They were quite taken aback, asked quite politely if I was sure, and left.

You're being violent, aggressive and disruptive in class?? Okay then, let's take you to a room where there's tons of toys where you can play until you feel like going back... How ridiculous.

Kids now have no boundaries. I mean, they shouldn't be beaten, but those teacher and parents should be stern, and help them if they have problems.

Levi is a master manipulator. There is a kid in my school like that who loves it where teachers are following him and giving him all the attention. Tough boundaries need to be put in place, not pandering

I'm not without sympathy for the teachers who get fed up with kids like these and don't know what to do anymore. The kid may have an impulse control problem, but then what happens when the kid is 19 and smashes things in a store? Special needs are NOT a defense in court.

Constantly rewarded for violence.

This physical activity by 'children is nothing new, a close friend of mine was a Science teacher at a school n New Zealand, in fact in a small town in North Island. The period was 1970. Knifed, threatened with being 'cut up' and told by a 'child', 12 years old the she would'get her after school, this happened on so many occasions that the entire school, a Secondary, was actually closed. This is all attributable to the 'Drunken Parent syndrome', the same town would see kids sitting outside Pubs, on the steps, a bottle of Soft Drink and bag of Chips for a meal, meantime the 'parents' were in the pub, drinking their 'Dole Money' and gambling. I wouldn't hesitate to say that such lack of responsible parenting is the major factor behind unruly kids, Children need examples where good manners, actions and reactions are understood. Sadly not only NZ but many other countries suffer such problems with the exception of the South East Asian nations where parenting is taken seriously.

I feel quite strongly that school isn't for all children. Some children will simply never fit into that box. A boy like Levi would be better off on a farm, learning practical, physically challenging tasks which will serve him in later life. He doesn't want to sit in a classroom and read and write. He REALLY doesn't. There should be an alternative.

They should all make a destruction room so that they can vet their fustration oit

So, Levi pretty much runs the show. Does what he wants. No consequences for negative behavior, and gets lots of attention. He needs to be in behavioral therapy, not coddled. He needs to know what consequences are, otherwise the consequences of his negative behavior in the future will be prison.

People say that bad kids shouldn't be rewarded but remember that they probably won't get "30 minutes of computer time" when they're on the streets homeless.

I always find it weird when documentaries like this announce the school the child attends, like isn't that just setting that child (and others in the school) up for danger? Idk it just doesn't sit right with me...

I'm afraid they better start building more prisons because that is where these kids are headed in most cases. Very sad,

So now schools have become parents? What's next?

There was a kid named Devin in my 6th grade class. He would disrupt class, tell lies to get us in trouble, and never do his homework. One time, we did math homework. We had to show our work to prove that we worked it out, and write the correct answer to get the points. Devin would write the answers without the work, and he wrote, “You do the math.” He would always plug my headphones into my school laptop, and touch my personal belongings without my permission. I’m so glad he moved back to his old school.

I've worked with a lot of kids. Some are absolute angels. Some are terrors. A lot of it has to do with how involved their parents are in their well being. That includes making sure if they are autistic that they're getting the extra help they need.

I just want to say, as a teacher, that a school does have a responsibility in the nuturing of children. parents and teachers have to work together to turn kids into well functioning members of society. the parents have the biggest part, but teachers (and the school) also have a part in the upbringing, which can vastly impact the life of a child.

A special room should be reserved for well behaved children only! This is positive behaviour management. What we see in the film is reward for bad behaviour. It clearly has a negative impact on the general school management of behaviour and is focusing on the negative. It clearly doesn’t work. Well behaved children are losing out on rewards.

Here in the statws parents are in denial. They exoect teachers to be able to deal with kids like this everyday. School has become a daycare due to parents not wanting to deal with their own kids. For safety reasons sometimed cops are called to protect other children, teachers even the child themselves. Then parents have nerve to be upset if it comes to that. Yet, they've never looked for help for their children. Then you have those that don't want kids on meds but want them to be around others to lash out. Some of the parents are dangerous themselves. Either abusing kid at home or come to school and come after staff. If you had a quiet room they would swear you're singling out their child

Combination of lack of discipline, limited expulsions and liberal teachers. What else would you expect?

Nanny jo needs to deal with Levi. They break all her rules when he misbehaves

This Levi is extremely getting on my nerves as when he was playing up they said about going home all children like to go home at that age so for him that is a reward

I'm thanking God for giving me three well behaved sweet children. I have two girls and one boy .My youngest the boy is 15 and he's been the easiest of them all . Girls can be a challenge sometimes but I guess I got lucky with my three cause they never gave me much trouble..

What do you expect, the kids are being aggressive, misbehaving because the 1st thing out of the teachers mouths are “ if you carry on misbehaving you will be SENT HOME “ REALLY!!!

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"I wouldn't make him feel bad about himself." How should he feel about himself when he misbehaves so badly that he has to be removed from the classroom, proud of himself? Whatever happened to the concept of shame? I was taught by my elders that I should be ashamed of myself for really bad behavior. And I was. Self esteem comes from knowing right from wrong, not from being coddled by authority figures who are afraid to show their authority. I was made to blush more than once, but I learned that bad behavior toward others earned embarrassment. Looking "beyond the child's behavior to the root causes" just teaches kids to excuse themselves and blame others for what they do. If that sounds heartless, think how shocked these kids will be when they have to go out into the big, heartless world someday, a world in which excuses don't get you anything but disapproval, unemployment, and even jail.

When I was in pre school I was 4 years old, I managed to run out of the site and I used to climb too, that’s when I got diagnosed with moderate autism spectrum

should be taught by nuns like I was lol you did not get away with anything and they had the control, but I am 48 so school was along time ago lol

Now they know what it feels like to go to school as kids

Nurture group are absolutely brilliant. In my country (Switzerland) we hardly have a school counsellor. I wish kids here could profit from that as well...

3 members of staff to 1 child. Is there funding for this? Too disruptive for this school. Are these staff Mappa trained?

The child knows there will be no punishment

I was a child that was in trouble all the time. From kindergarten all the way to high school. It wasn't the school or my home life. It was me, I had problems with changes , any kind of changes , I also had social problems and did much better alone. I had no friends, was never invited to party's or picked for any partner activities . I did work it out on my own but an intervention as a child would have really helped me understand what really was wrong and given guidance to be able to function and be successful. I was fortunate enough that my mother schooled me where I could not learn properly in school and supported me emoationally and never once condemned me but only lifted me up with her words and nurtured me unlike the schools and she excepted me and understood I couldn't be touched and I couldn't sit in a chair and I had serious food issues mostly textures and colors of things I couldn't touch.the school only wants the child to confirm to their environment and not considering the child's needs or understanding to their issues.i fill for some of the children on this show. I relate to the frustrations they have . Some children can't explain what's wrong or understand what they need , adults need to recognize they need something different. Im sorry some say on the comments that the bad children are rewarded and the good children are not and they cannot see really what is wrong and what is needed for these children. I was one and I know this nurturing program is a wonderful program and will save alot of kids from a life time of misery.

26:40 I never used to be a good parent. But I am now. (Her kid is causing so many problems at school and she believes she is a good mother)

i can just imagine what Levis parents are like....letting him behave like this. he is destroying his own life and his own future, without a good education he has no chance of anything good in life.

If it takes 3 adults to control this child, why is he still in mainstream education

The problem is lack of discipline. Fifty years ago you didn't see kids acting like that because they would get their butts paddled.

Bloody pathetic ! When I was at school the boys bent over the desk and walloped with a slipper ! Not much bad behaviour in Miss Brocklehurst’s class ! Girls had to stand in the corner ! Both systems worked !! Aah ! Those were the days, when kids were kids and adults were in control !!

I remember the quiet room aka time out or sometimes. Called in school suspensions or lunch time suspensions I spent a lot of time there I was in special education

Kid: Take deep breaths and count to 10 Oh try saying that to me when im mad

Could some of the children have FAS, fetal alcohol syndrome?

I honestly think Jason may be having an absence seizure at 14:03, this can cause missed teaching and lack of understanding making his behavior deteriorate! Does any other medical professional agree?

I'm sorry but as a person with cognitive problems I would get very defensive if three teachers cornered me in the play ground... Just saying I'm going to go study as soon as possible to try help kids like Levi

I wouldnt have dared act like that. My dad would have tanned my hide.

All little kids should learn in a homely environment, it’s quieter and more comfortable. This goes to show if schools had enough cash they could offset bad home lives and give people equality of opportunity.

I believe theres a reason that child doesn't want to go into class , teachers arnt always trained enough to get to the root of the problems.

*IT ALL STARTS AT HOME!*

Why are ur kids or of control, it's either your discipline or maybe the child can have a condition like autism, ADHD, etc. And if that's the case they need proffesional help

Wow, this channel finally decided to make a documentary available in my country. Wonder how long that will last.

Do they not believe in ADHD diagnosis over there? Nearly all these kids would have been checked by a physician for Attention Deficit over here. As a parent, a teacher, and an ADHD person, I think that while a diagnosis absolutely does NOT absolve a kid of bad behavior, but understanding it can make it easier to redirect and teach better coping strategies. I've dealt with a few kids like this, and my own son was extremely disruptive around 4th grade (not violent, but impulsive, noisy, and defiant). Kids need to be taught ways to redirect constructively, and to self-calm. Once they are adults, the consequences of their behavior become much more serious. The nurture room where they try to teach kids to count to 10 and think through is a good move. Diet has been increasingly linked to impulse-control issues and ADHD. Getting these kids off processed food (and recent research indicates gluten is likely a factor) would help by giving their bodies the nutrients needed for good neurological balance. Finally, while even well-meaning parents may struggle with children who have poor impulse control, I suspect in the more extreme children that there should be some sort of intervention at home. Some may experience abuse and/or neglect and need to be removed for their safety, but others may just have parents who are at a loss for how to better help, discipline, direct and diffuse their child and need constructive guidance on their kids behavior issues.

This documentary hits home for me and my family. I admire this school for what they are doing and would crave to have the help on the family side of things as we have gotten amazing support on the school side. All those commenting about disciplining the children are shallow folks who have no understanding of what it is like to live with a child who suffers with this issue. It's heartbreaking. They are good kids, but developmentally they suffer and need support. I pray these kids (and my own) continue to thrive and become great and caring adults.

No father is a big issue with most kids. Nothing to have a healthy respect for.

Britain introduces the child protection act, now parents and teacher are highly limited on what they are legally allowed to do to manage behaviour. The problem is, the punishments allowed are not effective enough. Child becomes disruptive, gets all the attention and even gets out of class. From the child’s point of view, it’s a win:win situation. There needs to be a punishment that really discourages bad behaviour.

Really people? REALLY!!!! Poor parenting? No, folks, this is not POOR parenting, it's called "absentee parenting". We are living in a very kid-unfriendly world, if parents need to choose between either putting a meal on the table or raising their kids the right way!!

Does Jason have absence seizures? That long pause of him staring into space unresponsively was just odd

it's not just that side of Levi's life at school. what climate does he have at home. this is not the complete picture

Sometimes a trip out to the shed for a little peach tree tea can clear things up a bit.

It is almost laughable that they expect the government to spend money to make their kids behave. It's called parenting and discipline.

Why give that Levis all that time to behaving bad? Put him in that quietroom after 5 min. and not after 2 hours? It is SO stupid to let a kid like him rule over adult people and their classmates...

This is wonderful. It shows that blame is such a huge waste of energy and the wrong way to try and solve problems. Kids are inherently good, if only we can give them the time and the right support. Bless those teachers, i so hope that funding is approved for these groups to carry on.

This child has learned how to manipulate the staff to get attention. Imagine having three adults following you around while you yelled and had your own way. Why should he behave?

In the US , many of our schools have counselors and/ or Psychologists in the schools to help sort out the potential problem kids. We also are not shy about setting up groups or even whole schools to these children. Children can also be referred to medical professionals if the school deans it needed a no cost to the parents.

you feel sorry 4 the teachers???what about the boy?who is practically institutionalized at age 9 taken in a hurting grip by 3 women, pushing up his arm pressing down his head...through the whole school completly deprived of childrens rights...any rights really. Into the bidding room which is a silly word for solitary confinement...OF A 9 YEAR OLD!!!???but thats definitly changing everything...nono this wont make it worse 4 suuuure...-.-

As a preschool teacher, half of my class is like this. We are not trained properly in how to deal with one child doing this, but when you’re alone with 13 4 year olds and half of them do this and many days it’s multiple children at the exact same time? I am constantly out numbered and lacking in support. These behaviors are why I’m looking into other careers. It’s no longer about teaching. It’s now consistently about keeping myself and other children from getting hurt by another child....

How about disciplining the kids involved in bad behavior?

I'm autistic and at my school they hate trying with special needs kids I am on report because I am autistic and can act out It's not my fault this is happening to me My targets are: 1. Do not use bad language 2. Not walk out of lessons when I get stressed 3. Focus where possible 4. Do all homework to an acceptable standard I usually get an outstanding but if I become stressed and walk out or use bad language I get a needs improvement

Let's give students who want to learn an equal focused resource group.

These children have no respect for adults at all it’s disgusting

This is because of no disspline at home, never learned respect

This shouldn’t be a school

This type of behavior is so challenging for sure and I can relate to this fully. These parents need more support and more help because these children can't function in a regular school, they need special psychologists and teachers that have taken a significant amount of psychology, etc. They need much more than a regular school can offer these children as they have very uneducated teachers when it comes to these behaviors and how to help them and why this is happening for these children, what's going on in their heads, etc. Without the proper resources for these children, they will only get worse and as they reach adulthood it will be a drastic ending result. It's sad that they don't have more supports there.

I was one of those kids (not usually violent, just acting out a lot) and I 100% blame it on the fact that I had undiagnosed autism spectrum disorder, despite regularly visiting doctors for a reason behind my behavioral issies & my mom being told "She's just a bad child." Sure enough, once I was diagnosed (at 14, much too late) schools could work around my disability and I stopped having real issues shortly thereafter. I am absolutely certain this happens a lot with kids like these.

It seems these difficult children have emotional problems which are related with their home environment. They feel especially strong for their mothers mistreatment. They cannot express their anger and anxiety verbally, so that they get aggressive at school. Involving parent/s are definitely necessary.

Blame the parents

I like all my teachers and I would never dare to disrespect them. If I do I apologize immediately.

It is so unfair bad behaviour is left to teachers to resolve. Growing up in the 80s these problems were rare now they are made to seem rampant. The problem is the parents.

I had a Jordan in my class. The girl was disruptive, wouldn’t do her work, get under her desk, and try to manipulate everyone to let her behavior slide.

This boy going to be criminal in the future. Return them to the people who Raised this children.

and yet no one thinks oh there must be a problem in the education system

Same here in the USA. Most kids want a father any many don’t have one. Children sense the traditional head of the family is missing, especially for boys. This is a great program. I’m a retired teacher. The things the other students put up with is exhausting when you have them in your room. I however, did very well with tough cases. They actually had friends and the parents liked me. One mom even sent me flowers at years end. Not bragging. I just used love, respect and discipline. Also sought out their talents.

In my school the teachers choose 2 children from each class to attend a special after school forest school club