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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister is a teacher and I asked her this once— the people the teachers are judging (moms and dads) are the ones who are perfectly turned out, blown out, manicured and botoxed whose kids are wearing a shirt that hasn’t fit in a year and that has stains on it from dinner. Every family has different resources but when none of them are spent on the kids, then the teachers care.

Never once has she mentioned caring whether anyone has brushed their hair [/quote]

I’m not a teacher but as a parent who has seen this before, I agree with your sister. It’s definitely something I notice and once I’ve noticed it enough that it appears to be a pattern and not just a one-off thing, I’m judging those parents and feel bad for the child(ren). It’s also something not easily forgettable…meaning I have a heightened awareness of their other interactions and my thoughts about them are not that they’re good, well-meaning parents who love their kids. These thoughts are always confirmed by their other actions, too. Like the time one of them was out in her driveway shouting obscenities at her husband telling him he was such a piece of shit in the middle of the afternoon. Yeah, she definitely comes off as crazy. Other things I notice: these types always tend to walk ahead of their small, very young children. Like five or ten steps ahead, no eyes on the child. Idk why I’ve noticed this but’s it stands out as a negative when combined with these other things.

To be clear, I’m not talking about those done up who also have clean, presentable children. I’m talking about the ones that are done up while their kids are unkept and it’s a consistent thing rather than a one-off thing.[/quote]

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