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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a teacher and recently had a dad get semi aggressive with me.  I no longer share anything other than positive things with the family.  I avoid them as much as possible.  There's concerns about the child developmentally, but I'm not going to talk with the family about that because it is a risk.  I'm not risking my safety over it.[/quote]

This is disgusting. If you have developmental concerns about a child, you share that information with the family. You share it with the mom with the principal and other people present. No one is going to jump you just because you say their child needs to be evaluated. [/quote]

If you want data on your child, you need to treat the school employees with respect. You cannot scream at me in a parent meeting and then expect I’m going to call you when Johnny fails a test.

And yes, multiple parents over my 20 year career have gotten extremely furious and made my life very difficult when I implied their child was behind the rest of the class, to a degree that I was worried about. One contacted the principal and superintendent saying I was “racist” against her child and only contacted her because her son was black. If it was a white kid, I would be giving him more help in class so he wasn’t behind. I had at least 3 meetings that year to clear my name.

Not every parent is reasonable (though most are lovely!!) once bitten/twice shy and all that though :([/quote]

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