Tuchel urges parents to let kids stay up for England game

eazybee

Well obviously.
Football is far more important than education.

..and according to Government so is allowing pubs to stay open until 5am so the few people still working can get so pie-eyed and miss work on Monday. There goes next month's GDP and growth in general

Why not, it's a rare treat for them,and it's nearly the end of term, some kids have broken up already .
Let them see a wholesome way of being patriotic that doesn't involve going on about immigrants...

I agree that good attendance at school makes for good results, but if you have a very bright child their success will have little to do with the number of days they spend at school or even whether they are taught in a garden shed. They usually destined to succeed anyway.
With most other, merely average, or less academic children, it has more to do with their wellbeing. This includes happiness as much as formal education, although there's no denying they go hand in hand. High emotional well-being helps all pupils engage in learning, and actually helps them achieve higher academic grades.
So, spending less than two hours out of school for a special event isn't the end of the world, in my view.

It’s the previous government who planted the idea into society that school is optional, with their wholesale closure of schools for months and months during Covid. A later start to the day on one occasion is but a flea bite compared to the damage children incurred during the pandemic.

Emeraldforest

Why not, it's a rare treat for them,and it's nearly the end of term, some kids have broken up already .
Let them see a wholesome way of being patriotic that doesn't involve going on about immigrants...

That’s true. And it also involves proper flag waving too.

Who is Tuchel? What is world Cup? 🤣

SueDonim

I didn’t participate myself (I’m not sure why, now) but many children stayed up overnight in 1969 to watch the first men land on the moon.

I’m not a football fan but I recognise that occasions such as the WC can encourage community in society and allowances could be made. No one is saying schools need to be shut that day so children for whom school is a safe space can still attend.

My parents actually got me up to watch the first landing on the moon. I was 7 and wasn't overly impressed at the time at my sleep being so rudely interrupted, but looking back I am glad they did as I still remember it

Graceless

My thoughts exactly!
I had to Google the name!
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STOP PRESS

You can all stop worrying or moaning.
The match is now set for 7 pm, so parents and kids all happy. No problems. ⚽️

Oh, can't we still argue about it for a while, though?

😂

MartavTaurus

STOP PRESS

You can all stop worrying or moaning.
The match is now set for 7 pm, so parents and kids all happy. No problems. ⚽️

Has it been definitely confirmed?

FIFA are still looking at weather conditions 🤷‍♀️

I was working when the moon landing happened, but I remembered being one of the zombies waiting for the train next morning. I did keep my children at home to watch the raising of the Mary Rose. When we eventually arrived at school it looked as if we weren't the only ones.

GrannyGravy13

MartavTaurus

STOP PRESS

You can all stop worrying or moaning.
The match is now set for 7 pm, so parents and kids all happy. No problems. ⚽️

Has it been definitely confirmed?

FIFA are still looking at weather conditions 🤷‍♀️

It does seem a bit late in the day (ha ha!) to change it, but it would save a lot of hassle back here!

It’s not good for us - we’re off to a gig on Sunday and were looking forward to getting back around midnight and settling in for the pre-match build up.

Yes, I do realise it’s not all about me! I’m pleased for everyone else, particularly all our grandsons and other children who’ll be able to watch it now. And I’d probably have nodded off before kick off anyway.

Norah

Sadgrandma

So is football more important than schooling?

No, but this is a one off.

Not really.

England will get to lose again in 4 years.

Sadgrandma

So is football more important than schooling?

I find that quite ridiculous. I thinks it’s great, I remember being let stay up until 3 to see Robin Cousins skate in the Olympics. I was so excited and did it do my any harm? Of course not.

Sport is very important to lots of people and their families, world cups and Olympics come but once every four years, so one late night (or not) isn’t going to harm anyone.

Please do not worry!

It's not a contest between football and education - football IS education. It teaches ideas of co-operation within a team, it shows how teamwork can bring results and if the team loses in a competition it teaches commiseration, it extends focus especially in neurodivergent children such that their memories expand, it teaches geography both nationally and internationally - I bet all our football-loving grandchildren know far more about other countries of the world and what their flags are and what languages they speak than we ever did with our concentration on the British Isles and Ancient Egypt (both from a western perspective), and it develops some national pride which I read a lot about on gransnet as something that young people don't seem to have these days. Let's also remember that staying up to watch this game reminds children if they didn't already grasp it that the world is round and has different time zones.

This is not a plea for folk to lighten up here, it's one to genuinely understand the role of what is actually our national sport in providing a conduit for real education. And for those children who have no interest at all there's always bed!

It’s back on at 1am now.