Grrrrrrrrr Teacher "friend" called me a precious parent...

[HenriettaJones]

Was having a chat with a friend who is a teacher, I said I was really pleased with my son's school, and she said that's great, and then started talking about how annoying parents are for complaining all the time and how it spoils the positive comments she receives.

Obviously my observation/people reading skills need some improvement, as I casually said that the only issue I have ever had with the school was the induction period in reception. To which she contemptously and dismissively said "Oh, precious parent!"

I'm still seething, and wish I had come up with a quick retort, but instead found myself justifying what I had said in a fairly pathetic manner.

Just needed to let it out really

EBDteacher, I totally agree; usually being a parent helps you talk to parents. (I know one glaring exception, who can't talk to parents, increases stress levels when she does, but is a parent).

Emptyshell - do you really know just how devastating it is for a parent to suggest however mildly that their child has few friends? That is the worst news that a teacher could break to me (well maybe except my child is a bully).

mummytime - a few weeks into Y1 DS said to me that 'nobody wants to be his friend, everyone just wants to be other peoples' friend'. I was so sad for him and couldn't sleep. The next day I went to see the teacher (who does not have children!), and she put my mind at ease, telling me that, yes, he needs to work on his social skills as he will only play with children who will follow along with what he wants to do, and that it is DS who refuses to play with anyone else, not the other children. The teacher suggested that she could give him a reward chart for playing nicely with others.

I then felt better for having spoken to her, highlighted a problem and gotten some support for DS. I didn't feel precious at all.