My wife is an elementary teacher. During our evening conversations, I get to hear about her day which usually centers around kids in school. Most nights it varies, but lately Monday nights have been a lot of examples of deprogramming kids from their weekend excesses, especially negotiating.
I don't know exactly what happens at home with these kids, and it isn't every kid, but there must be a lot of negotiating at home. I can only imagine that maybe parents say its bedtime and the kids negotiate to stay up later, or maybe push back on what is for supper, or maybe don't want to do chores, or when to get up in the morning, or want a snack before dinner, or... but - holy cow - Mondays for her end up being a lot of retraining kids on the expectations of being in a class room with a few 'because I said so' sprinkled in just to keep the classroom on track.
I don't know exactly what happens at home with these kids, and it isn't every kid, but there must be a lot of negotiating at home. I can only imagine that maybe parents say its bedtime and the kids negotiate to stay up later, or maybe push back on what is for supper, or maybe don't want to do chores, or when to get up in the morning, or want a snack before dinner, or... but - holy cow - Mondays for her end up being a lot of retraining kids on the expectations of being in a class room with a few 'because I said so' sprinkled in just to keep the classroom on track.