Not sure who is doing the kicking, but it's clear who's become the football.
I used to do a bit of work in the education space and it really is becoming fraught. Parents are routinely projecting their worldly rage onto their children and into the school.
I recently heard a story of a school bringing in two kids with their parents over some bullying on social media. The whole thing went south when it became apparent it was the parents who had started and fuelled the whole thing.
Kids expected to be adults (such as 5yo making gender decisions) and adults acting like children. I feel like I've been saying "what a mess" a lot recently.