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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Are you serious with this???

"No one is going to jump you just because you say their child needs to be evaluated". Have you met FCPS parents?

I have personally heard parents raise their voice at teachers over NOTHING. One mom at our school started getting aggresive with a teacher at BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT becuase she found out her daughter's seat was near the back of the classroom and it was absolutely unacceptable for her baby to not have preferential seating. Another parent had to step in and suggest she address that during some one on one time with the teacher because it was becoming disruptive to the poor teachers attempt to give their welcome to class presentation.

I am a pediatric dentist and I experience this fairly regularly when I try to gently explain to parents that their precious angel has a cavity. It gets worse when they ask how this could have happened.  If I even hint that changes in diet or oral hygiene could be helpful I'm met with defensiveness and sometimes aggression (especialy from dads). The only answer they are willing to hear is that its bad genes or bad luck.

I can't tell you how many times I have had 5 or 6 year olds who can't sit in the chair, whine or scream for a cleaning, hit or bite me, my team or their own parents. I would never dream of saying anthing to the parents becuase I have colleagues who have been verbally and physically abused by parents (most often dads) who do not want to hear one ounce of negative feedback about their kid.

I don't blame the teachers at all for being scared to give feedback to parents. Most parents are probably very kind, reasonable people. But until you know who is who I wouldn't risk angering some of these parents either. [/quote]

Thank you for supporting teachers by explaining that not all parents are sane and reasonable.[/quote]

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