Catholic School Goes Viral After Urging Parents To Let Kids Problem Solve

Parents, do you think we live in a society that coddles our children a little too much?

A Little Rock high school thinks we do, which is why it prevents parents from solving their children’s problems for them.

The Catholic High School for Boys in Little Rock, Arkansas has been getting a lot of attention lately after posting the following sign on the front door of the school.

The school also posted this photo to its Facebook page on August 10, where it has since gone on to accumulate more than 117,000 shares.

“Welcome to Catholic High. We teach reading, writing, arithmetic, and problem-solving,” the school says on their Facebook page.

“It’s simply to help boys avoid the default switch of calling mom and dad when things don’t go right to bail them out,” Principal Steve Straessle  explained to KARK.

The premise is that when a student forgets his lunch, he needs to figure it out. He must borrow lunch money from a friend, split a sandwich, or ask the school for lunch. Calling Mom and Dad to bail him out does not teach problem-solving skills and the school hopes he will be more responsible in the future.

However, some are not happy with the school taking this approach, saying it isn’t the school’s place to teach life lessons such as these.

But others think the school is simply preparing them for the responsibilities that come with adulthood.

What do you make of this school’s philosophy? If all schools employ this idea, will it make future generations less entitled or is this simply not the school’s place to do? Tell us your thoughts in the comments and please SHARE with friends and family.

[Featured Image: Catholic High School For Boys]

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