As I remember, the original "Baby On Board" signs were not stickers, but hanging cards that could be displayed or removed easily.. as per this e "UK last week a Mother was jailed for failing to ensure that her child attended school, as part of her defence she said that she did not know that her child was playing truant" if it were a typical incident, it hardly would have made the news.

As for this statement"Kids nowadays just laugh at authority, and there is no effective sanctions teachers or parents can apply" a ridiculous statement--there are always a few difficult kids, but most kids do what they are expected to do most of the time--

People have been complaining about kids since forever--when I was growing up, it was commonly said that teenagers were turning into sex crazed dope fiends, and that depraved teenaged gangs had turned every school into a war zone of some sort. Nowadays, people seem to regard those times as some sort of halcyon, where every kid studied hard, abstained from vice of all sorts, and respected adults--

As far as I can see, there are a few new problems--they are under more pressure than ever from adults, and they get less excercise(and therefore are more prone to being overweight), and everyone seems to want to medicate them--