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[quote=Anonymous]It sounds to me like SAHMs are going into parent teacher conferences knowing their kid and feeling like the teacher is misunderstanding and underestimating them, and teachers are taking this as a kind of disrespect.  Teachers have to manage twenty kids and, especially in the fall/winter with the elementary kids, they may see that there is a classroom problem but they don't really know the kid well enough to see the real root of the problem, whereas the SAHM probably really understands her own kid but may not understand exactly what is going on in the class to cause the problem with her kid.

But teachers, for all your experience and training in child education and development, you do not understand our kids as well as the parents do. You simply aren't around them enough. And I'm not sure I believe you really love them all, because I have heard teachers talk about "brats" in their classes before, and not in an affectionate way.

Sometimes you DO misjudge students. You are not infallible. You may think you have an excellent read on a kid, and you may be totally wrong. Just as some parents may have a totally wrong read on you.

But parents should always be respectful in discussions with you. Your job is so important and parents owe you respect. [/quote]

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