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[Lynzae]

I had a kid a few years ago who was obviously suffering from ODD, and had huge behavior issues. One day they looked at me and said "my mom doesn't like you". They were 3. Obviously mom thought that me bringing the behavior issues to her meant that I was picking on her child. Sorry mom, your kid literally tried to choke another kid out, stole toys from a kid, purposely poured soap all over the bathroom, and told another kid that they were too dark to be pretty (both kids were biracial). Your kid has issues and I thought you could help them be more successful as a person, that's why I told you about these incidents. 🤦‍♀️

[friendlyneighbourhoodbridg]

Dear parents,
Oftentimes, your children are a reflection of the values you show. If you don't tell them how important school is, don't be surprised if they're disengaged.

There are outliers and exceptions, but this is often the case.

From,
A Teacher

[sheneedsme]

The first week of school my daughter, who had always loved school and her teachers, came home crying and saying her new teacher didn’t like her and she didn’t want to go to school. I should have probably talked directly to the teacher but I didn’t know her and I was friends with the principal so I mentioned it him and suggested my daughter might be a better fit with a different teacher. I’m not a pain in the ass parent and I’m married to a former teacher who is also a school principal so I am familiar a bit with how schools work. I also was the district’s Volunteer of the Year because I spent so much time volunteering and normally I was the “room mom”. The principal suggested we have a quick meeting with the teacher first to find out what the problem might be. So we meet with the teacher and to her credit she took ownership of the problem instead of getting defensive which she could have done and I appreciated that. I asked why my daughter would think she didn’t like her? She asked me if my daughter was an only child and I said yes. She said when she told the class what to do my daughter would ask why all the time and it was disruptive. The teacher said your daughter thinks she is an adult and my equal. This made sense to me because at home she was only with adults (I was a stay at home Dad and her primary companion). I never told her to do something just because I said so. I gave her reasons and then she was typically very compliant. I sat my daughter down and told her it wasn’t practical to expect the teacher to stop class every time one of her 20 students wanted to know why they had to do something. The teacher also to her credit, went out of her way to let my daughter know she did like her. I also started volunteering in the room a lot more (this was 4th grade) and I became good friends with the teacher and when my daughter had her high school graduation she came, which I thought was awesome and so kind of her. By the way that bossy child of mine grew up and married a teacher.

[keithlightminder]

And we heard after lockdown about kids that didn’t like their parents as teachers, and how the parents who nonchalantly recommended that we get more kids in each classroom and how those same parents as teachers were overwealmed by having two or three kids and were crying. It is always easier to be critical than it is to step up and support by advocating, paying taxes to fund the school etc…

[roshelltannen]

You guys are phenomenal. I love your YouTube channels, and thank you for teaching the kids. As a non parent, these parents have lost their minds.

[mgreene]

I had a parent who was upset with me for verifying something and I was told to "know my place."

[jadealise]

My kid came home covered in pinch mark bruises. It's hard to trust anyone ever again. He special needs and can't tell me what happened.

[ryand]

Depends on the issue. If you had an issue with values the teacher has you might want to discuss that with the child so the child doesn’t just hear the teachers side of things. Might not make an educators job easier but some issues might need to be addressed to the child…. That said just bashing someone behind their back in front of a child isn’t appropriate. Kids/any human should be taught to respect people regardless of difference in values or distaste for others

[shannonmcniel]

One thing I've noticed about these conversations is that there are a lot of interruptions. When someone is talking, it's very distracting to hear others talking at the same time. It's just a matter of respect for the person talking.

[hadley]

I was the first comment i know no one asked but yea!!!

[KiKiQuiQuiKiKi]

You do know that trash talking parents to the kids is standard operating procedure, though. Right?

[zuntsui]

You know if you're actually a good teacher people shouldn't hate you.