Parenting

Your child exhibits his best, newest, most mature behavior away from home. And then when he's back with you and he's safe, he relaxes. That's okay, because the behavior he's exhibiting at school is the direction he's going in.

I just had lunch with some people from my son's former school, and there was a similar discussion. A request was made by a parent for the school to encourage kids to go to bed earlier-- since his kid listened much better to his teachers than to him. The principal understood and agreed immediately that this would be a good idea.