Swedish teacher lays into parents who pamper their kids in lengthy Facebook post

 

Jonas Harrysson, a teacher from Ronneby, Sweden in a post last year, hit out at parents who spoil their kids. The post went viral quickly and is still being talked about as it has over 16000 shares.
He says he's observed that mollycoddled children are increasingly bad mannered and ungrateful not to mention 'getting worse and worse' at dealing with boredom.

His opinions have found traction among many who praise him for his honesty but not everyone has seen his side of things, some have hit out at his detached ideas given that he has no kids of his own.
See the post and some responses below.

"I have worked with kids for almost 16 years and there are several things that I've noticed children getting worse and worse at.

No.1. Children find it very difficult to be bored! There constantly needs to be something going on.Please stop spoiling and servicing your children. It's not dangerous for them to be bored sometimes.

No 2. I've met many parents who are soooo proud that their kids can read and count before starting preschool.

 Well, I hate to break it to you, but reading and counting, they'll learn to do soon enough. Teach them instead to play, to be a good friend, and to share.

My third point is that many children find it difficult to show gratitude, both to other kids and towards adults. Can they get an 'another one' is unfortunately often a first question – and 'we only get one!?' is a common complaint I hear.

What happened to PLEASE!? And thanks for dinner, and thanks for the ride, and so on?

I have no children at the moment, but if I do sometime in the future I plan to teach them to play, to be good friends, to show gratitude and to be bored from time to time. Once they've learned those things, then I'll teach them to read and count :)"