are teachers bossy with their own and others' children?

[Anonymous]

What IS a teacher thing is being able to discipline children without getting physical, and being able to herd large groups of children. I have no problem running a group of 30 kids.

[Anonymous]

I actually deploy my teacher-self in social situations with adults more than with kids--specifically, when groups of adults can't get it together to do something. But I don't really enjoy doing it, because I want to leave work at work.

[Anonymous]

Hoooo boy. OP you are singing my song!!! My mom was a school teacher for 25 years and she tries to boss everybody around, including DH and me...and we are 47yo and 42yo respectively. I have tried addressing it in every which way I know how and nothing has ever changed.

[Anonymous]

I have often wondered about this too!

My MIL is a retired elementary teacher and is similar with the grandkids. Frequently saying they should or shouldn't do stuff that seems totally fine to me, like play with that over here instead of over there. I love my MIL and usually say nothing. Sometimes, I say "oh, I think it's ok if he plays over there."

[Anonymous]

My sil has always done this. She says it is because she is a teacher. i thnk she is just an interfering busybody.

[Anonymous]

I don't know if teachers are, but my MIL is a teacher and she is very bossy. Not particularly about specific detailed things because her other kids have told her she needs to stop. Now, every time she visits, she goes on in generalizations about every thing we need to change. Nothing specific. But stuff like "I always buy this cut of meat. What kind of meat is yours? At my butcher, who I love, he always has this kind of meat. What is the type of meat in this soup? What's is the type of meat in that dish? When *I* go to the store, I make sure I always get this type of meat every single time." Drives me crazy.

[Anonymous]

Yes - my mom was a teacher then principal for 30 years. Even though she retired, the constant "instruction" "You are doing it wrong" "stop running with scissors" never end. She talks to everyone like they are her students/staff. I love my mom but it drives me bananas.

[Anonymous]

I'm a teacher and I don't do this UNLESS kids are with me and no parents are around. I have friends who are not teachers who boss my own kids around so much that I avoid spending time with them.

[Anonymous]

With the teacher in our family, I've found the frequent instruction is not limited to kids, adults get it too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ya know what? My MIL was a teacher 30+ yrs and she was the same way. I hate to reinforce this kind of negative thread but Wow! Seriously - and her sons do it too. I sigh and grind my teeth and I call it "belaboring the minutiae"

Don't know if it's a teacher thing or just a generational thing, but it drives me nuts too when people do it. I have a SN child whom certain people always think they need to "manage" and it is counterproductive. I am adopting this phrase.