How to Protect Teachers

Teacher Pearl Mgwaba raises a provocative concern about a generation of parents: *Are we replacing discipline and boundaries with material things?* She questions whether some parents who grew up without much are now overcompensating by giving their children everything while failing to teach them respect, discipline and how to conduct themselves around adults. Mr. Sbisi agrees, pointing to a contradiction educators are seeing in schools: *the latest iPhone in a learner’s hand, but not the books the school requires.* Have parents got their priorities wrong? Or is this generation of children simply being raised differently? *You decide. Watch the full conversation and join the debate.*