Teachers Bullied by Parents

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The pp suggests that it is unwise to communicate with your children's teachers because they may come to despise the parents which could lead to retailliation against the child in the form of poor treatment or dishonest "EVALUATIONS".

Any adult who would retaliate against a child is malicious and potentially dangerous. They would also be sacrificing their honor and professionalism. Teachers may do it and they get away with it for a while, but eventually those behaviors will be identified by other people as well.

Once a person sacrifices their honor they become the exact same thing as they claim to despise the most.

not unwise to communicate - unwise to BE CRAZY to them and mistreat the teachers. if you are awful to a teacher it will most definitely influence how they treat your child, even if it is no on purpose.

Never. We would never treat a child differently because of a parent being kind or nasty. These are our students!

We will treat you differently though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh boo-hoo! Everyone who works in any profession faces this. Why should teachers be any different?! Just have to put your big girl/boy pants on and deal.

ITA. Sorry, teachers, but it comes with the territory. Of course it's not right, but most of us face unpleasant people all the time in our jobs. You should meet some of my clients...

The second one is my favorite: "you should meet some of my clients . . ." Yes, how similar your life as an attorney (or consultant) is to the life of a primary school teacher. I guess it's possible this was satirical but it smacked of a breathtaking lack of self-awareness to me.

[Anonymous]

To the teachers here: some of us have a better or worse ability to volunteer. For example, I work on Capitol Hill and my kid goes to a private school 45 minutes away, which means that I have to step away from the crisis-of-the-day, which I can never predict when I sign up for something a month in advance, and then I also have to be gone from work for 3 hours minimum. So compared to a SAHM I can't do much, even though I'd really love to be more involved. Do you hold it against us?

Never. Most of us are also working parents. Don't worry about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the teachers here: some of us have a better or worse ability to volunteer. For example, I work on Capitol Hill and my kid goes to a private school 45 minutes away, which means that I have to step away from the crisis-of-the-day, which I can never predict when I sign up for something a month in advance, and then I also have to be gone from work for 3 hours minimum. So compared to a SAHM I can't do much, even though I'd really love to be more involved. Do you hold it against us?

Absolutely not. We're working parents too.

[Anonymous]

I always feel sad for the children of parents that treat the teachers badly. The children usually really care about the teachers and do not like it when mom acts up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always feel sad for the children of parents that treat the teachers badly. The children usually really care about the teachers and do not like it when mom acts up.

To be fair to the moms of the world, sometimes it is the dads who are the unpleasant ones (this tends to be in the higher grades and, although it is a stereotype, also happens quite a lot in relation to athletics).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I always feel sad for the children of parents that treat the teachers badly. The children usually really care about the teachers and do not like it when mom acts up.

To be fair to the moms of the world, sometimes it is the dads who are the unpleasant ones (this tends to be in the higher grades and, although it is a stereotype, also happens quite a lot in relation to athletics).

Agreed. Lower school it's moms high school it's dads

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh boo-hoo! Everyone who works in any profession faces this. Why should teachers be any different?! Just have to put your big girl/boy pants on and deal.

Oh. It's her. Don't think your daughter or son's teacher doesn't have you pegged. We always love your child and talk about how it's too bad he or she has a crazy parent.

To the 99% of parents who walk through my classroom door thank you for being a great parent and a great partner. We work together to make sure your student is successful. Youre the parent who sets a good example for your child. Your the parent we love to see on our chaperone list. You're the parent who smiles often and volunteers. You're the parent who teachers your child not to blame others for a mistake or failure but gives your child a hug or a stern word when needed and helps your child do better the next time. You're the parent who speaks well of other parents and who actually chaperones on a field trip not talk or text on your cell. Your reason for being on the trip is your child and teacher not to socialize. And you're the parent who we love.

Well we will all work harder to be sure we are the parents that the teachers all love. Perhaps you need to remember who pays you in the first place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh boo-hoo! Everyone who works in any profession faces this. Why should teachers be any different?! Just have to put your big girl/boy pants on and deal.

ITA. Sorry, teachers, but it comes with the territory. Of course it's not right, but most of us face unpleasant people all the time in our jobs. You should meet some of my clients...

And I'm sure your clients are paying you 3x as much as a teacher receives.

ridiculous comparison, PP

Go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh boo-hoo! Everyone who works in any profession faces this. Why should teachers be any different?! Just have to put your big girl/boy pants on and deal.

Oh. It's her. Don't think your daughter or son's teacher doesn't have you pegged. We always love your child and talk about how it's too bad he or she has a crazy parent.

To the 99% of parents who walk through my classroom door thank you for being a great parent and a great partner. We work together to make sure your student is successful. Youre the parent who sets a good example for your child. Your the parent we love to see on our chaperone list. You're the parent who smiles often and volunteers. You're the parent who teachers your child not to blame others for a mistake or failure but gives your child a hug or a stern word when needed and helps your child do better the next time. You're the parent who speaks well of other parents and who actually chaperones on a field trip not talk or text on your cell. Your reason for being on the trip is your child and teacher not to socialize. And you're the parent who we love.

Well we will all work harder to be sure we are the parents that the teachers all love. Perhaps you need to remember who pays you in the first place.

We all know the school pays us. Parents--even "heavy hitters"--come and go. If the idea that jerk parents are known and discussed among faculty bothers you, I suggest you try to avoid being one (although your "remember who pays you" line suggests that the horse is out of the barn on that one).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher here at an area independent school. Most parents are respectful and kind. They volunteer and will write an email once in a while to tell you how much their child loved a lesson or if the child needs a bit of help with a lesson. And the occasional Bully Parent? The same every time. It's a mom, babies her child or spoils the child, thinks she knows more about education than a professional educator, typically doesn't let dad know about the obsessive insane emails she writes to the teacher, will send out a long winded emotional email followed up by a call to an administrator then later will send a second email that is somewhat apologetic, doesn't ever want to hear that her child either needs academic or emotional/social support. Her child is perfect and so is she.

That's am exact description of the parent I dealt with all year. It's better to communicate with a level-headed father than an unchecked mother who has a lot of time on her hands, a lot of money to throw around, an unchecked emotional state and a refusal to admit or hear that her kid needs help. If we tell you your child needs help its not to hurt your kid it's to HELP your kid!

Hello Mrs. _ _ _ _ _! My husband thinks you are annoying.

[Anonymous]

As for me...parents treat me like GOLD!".As for the school admin? Absolutely not!!!

[Anonymous]

PP here: I meant the school admin does not treat me well.

[Anonymous]

You sound self-absorbed; I can imagine why your bosses don't like you.

[Anonymous]

7:57 here

I doubt you would say that if your child was in my class.