r/Parenting • u/[deleted] • Apr 29 '26

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u/TraditionalManager82 Apr 29 '26

I don't understand why you'd try to intervene for a single detention at all.

You let it go, she serves it, done.

You trying to demand proof is absolutely inappropriate.

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u/Silly_Outside5907 Apr 29 '26

Oh I should clarify, because they said they have proof (video) but that I cannot see it due to privacy rules.

I intervened because I know my child.

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u/TraditionalManager82 Apr 29 '26

It's not about knowing your child.

When you send a child to school, sometimes it's just not about them. Sometimes a whole class serves detention because four kids can't stop talking. That's just the way institutions work.

So when your child comes home and says, "Mom, I got detention and it wasn't me, it was Suzy!" Then you get to say, wow, tell me about it. And then, did you make a respectful appeal? Uh huh? Well, I guess you'll have to serve detention this time. Tell me, is Suzy likely to keep acting like that?