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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]op: Maybe not an underling, but more respectful.  I have a lot of respect for my boss.[/quote]

There are two definitions of respect, really.  The first is to treat someone with dignity and consideration.  The second is to treat someone with deference and obeisance.  I don’t defer to every slight thing my boss says just because they are the child’s parent.  If I think they are making the wrong choice but I know they have the facts then that is one thing but often parents don’t have all the facts either because they don’t have enough experience to have a basis for comparison or because they don’t spend enough/the right kind of time with their child to see things that are relevant.  For example, a parent might not realize that a child is struggling socially at school because they spend time hanging at the house on weekends and don’t see the teacher or witness their kid interacting with peers.  So if a parent said, “I don’t know why the therapist suggested social skills classes, he’s fine!”  I would ‘t just defer to that, I would say, “Actually, whenever ai pick him up he is off by himself and the teacher mentioned that he has had a few social missteps since changing to the new school.”  I’m not going to push my opinion, but my assumption is that you realize I am experienced with kids in general and an expert on certain aspects of your child that fall under my purview.[/quote]

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