Last week, I was taking a look at some mails when I found this one which really caught my attention and triggered me to reflect on the following issue: Are teachers falling prey to enraged parents who defend their children blindly? I’m afraid they are. And the following headlines illustrate this new trend which is taking over the whole world.
Haven’t you heard of teachers being confronted by aggressive parents? The causes simply boil down to the teacher giving some of the students poor grades or disciplining at school. Gone are the days when parents would feel disappointed by their children’s poor results at school and would hand out some kind of punishment. In that way, parents would make it clear that the figure of the teacher as well as the school as an institution deserved to be treated with respect. Now, parents blindly defend their ‘angel-like children’ from apparently ‘insane teachers’ who just do their work. Hardly a minute goes by between the child or teenager shows their qualifications and the parents rush to school to attack the teachers. Many parents do not even stop a minute to reflect on the damaging consequences that their overprotective behaviour may have.
Haven’t you heard of teachers being confronted by aggressive parents? The causes simply boil down to the teacher giving some of the students poor grades or disciplining at school. Gone are the days when parents would feel disappointed by their children’s poor results at school and would hand out some kind of punishment. In that way, parents would make it clear that the figure of the teacher as well as the school as an institution deserved to be treated with respect. Now, parents blindly defend their ‘angel-like children’ from apparently ‘insane teachers’ who just do their work. Hardly a minute goes by between the child or teenager shows their qualifications and the parents rush to school to attack the teachers. Many parents do not even stop a minute to reflect on the damaging consequences that their overprotective behaviour may have. Parents have clearly gone from one extreme to the other. From harsh punishment to an absolute laxity. Fortunately, a bad report do not longer trigger (as usually as some decades ago) a torrent of physical child abuse which is absolutely terrible. However, nowadays parents do not even chat with their children as regards their poor results or unacceptable behaviour or help them improve their performance. Parents are failing to strike a balance between the two extremes. Imagine how difficult the role of the teacher is. They are being constantly harassed by parents who make their daily job more and more difficult.
I’m really worried about this new trend since teachers need parents support to work adequately. Lack of support by parents is simply disheartening. And unfortunately, the parents’ declining standards of behaviour are adopted by their children. So, it’s very difficult for students not to treat the teacher disrespectfully when they sees their parents doing exactly the same. I believe that parents should be acting as good role models by supporting staff and helping them create a more positive learning environment for their children.
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