I was 5 years old packing my own lunch, grabbing my own clothes for school. By 7 I was walking home. By 10 I was old enough to baby sit multiple cousins younger than me unattended.
You can’t get a 14 year old to do none of that today.
if you’re getting your degree in teaching, stop now. don’t do it. I just asked a class of 7th graders what is 6-2 and they said 7. I want to kill myself. this has to stop.