I guess this brings up a question as to why our society has a big hag up on 'disrespect an authority figure'. And what it means, this is a social minefield for me and I suspect my son. I personally believe that it is healthy for our society for us to question authority and dislike teaching kids that teahers/principals are alway right. Although I do admit there is a time and place.
When my son was in 6th grade and still in elementary he had a lot of problems with the playground rules. He thought a lot of them were stupid, and I kind of thought he had a point. (We are not talking about safety rules, but how games were to be played and such.) My son & I ended up having a discussion that he had to follow the rules and listen to the volunteer playground monitors. But he could take up his issues with the rules with his teacher and/or the principal at a different time.
