moaning blardy parents read this

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www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article3734696.ece

Ha!

I read that and thought of MN too

me too i thought of all those angry pretns thread

I nearly fell over myself. That could be my dc's (state!!) primary school.

In fact, some of the instances he quotes are near-identical (though without smoking of course

lol

I am not one, well maybe a little. Although i rant at home and usually --see- the error of my ways calm down over night, sparing the poor teacher from my wrath

And that is why I am no longer a teacher!

Reminded me of the boy who spat in my face during class. His mother said I and all the people in the class were mistaken in thinking he had cleared his throat, taken aim and spat at me.
Apparently "He was provoked into losing his temper by a teacher who picks on him and some spit flew out of his mouth whilst he defended himself in an argument"

Hmmm.

One boy given red card by football coach during football. Mother came round to see teacher and head next day saying the coach was WRONG, her son did NOT foul/kick/punch other children. Boy's dad a school governor.

Little girl renowned as being spoilt, bullying in way that all girls are. Told off. Parent in to see teacher and head - it was NOT her fault. Teachers have got it ALL WRONG. Girl's dad a school governor.

Is there a pattern here?

i loevd the line " my kid has never lied to me"
go the TIMES i heard this

spot on

dd1 really hasn't told a lie in her life, it's a condition she has.
dd2 makes up for it.

I concur with every word of this article. It's definitely getting worse. And people wonder why I'm not interested in a management position at school!

The smoking thing. That has happened loads of times. I remember once reporting a child for smoking in the toilets. She denied it. Her father said "it's your word against her's" - which of course it was, but I do have to wonder what he thought I had to gain from lying. What she had to gain was of course pretty clear. Hey ho.

Soo true. I had a child who refused to do a thing he was told, would frequently run around the class, parent felt I should meet him half way!!

I think it is a rather vindictive and petty sounding article personally

"Little girl renowned as being spoilt, bullying in way that all girls are."

pardon

great article. So glad I'm not a teacher.

And there are definitely teachers out there who will lie about classroom incidents or chalk them down to the (small) child "misunderstanding" FYIAD . I can always tell when ds is lying and he knows it.
The author is choosing to ignore the existence of the mean-spirited or unscrupulous teacher. It only takes encountering one of those to make you entirely rethink your commitment to a harmonious and supportive home-school partnership

Things that helecopter parent have said in support of their children that I have been witness to

'You are overreacting, he only pulled the knife to threaten, he would never have used it'

'My dd has a right to defend herself' dd initiated the fight and it took three adults to pull her off the victim

'you have over reacted, it was just a joke' The mother of a boy in year 8 (NB year 8 not age 8) who was pulling girls trousers down in the middle of the play ground

'The teacher headbutted my son, I want the police called' class all say that son had headbutted the teacher, who was stepping in to stop son hitting another child. Father refuses to accept exclusion saying that his son 'would never have done that'

I was prepared to slate the article, then ended up agreeing with it.

I do think parents SHOULD be involved in the school
In my dc's state primary, they rely on parental support/help, so the school can't have it both ways.

I think the reason why so many parents hover is memories of teacher bullying/autocracy, and that wasn't right either.

But I know some parents who complain at every little thing. I think sometimes it spurs some children on to be little brats..
"i can do whatever I like, my mum will defend me...."

i think its odd to refer to children as 'customers' then slag their parents off

I think its perfectly reasonable for parents to be disbelieving about kids smoking

and also to side with their children if it is not open and shut

strange that teachers would think otherwise

i mean it is understandable that maybe parents would be disbelieving

they may be wrong, but give them a break!

My personal best was the mother who accused me of stigmatising and traumatising her child in a lesson, because I moved her dd (aged 13) away from another child.

the reason...the mother had asked the school to make sure that her dd didn't sit by that child.

yes but to sya a kid has never lied
yeas right

iw as under witnsess proctection afetr a parents aid her hugeley naughty nad mentalist kid "aint a liar- er"

i went to brownhills

ohhhh lost count of the number of times I've heard 'My child doesn't lie'

Primary school disco recently, organised by the PTA, a few boys caught nicking things and told off, gave the things back, apologised, all done and dusted as far as we were concerned. One of the boys obviously goes and tells dad at collection time and dad starts ranting at one of the mothers who had been helping out "because he is always being picked on" . Funnily enough he didn't seem concerned that his son was stealing....

The mother he had a go at isn't even on the PTA committee - and I doubt if she'll volunteer to help out again. Needless to say the boy's father never helps out...