How is the relationship with the kids' parents?

Hello Dulce,

I would say the teacher job is exactly the same as the parent just the location is different and it is called school. So the kid's parents would know for sure your value and they do respect the teachers so much.

It's great how parents know you care for their child just as they do. They are always very curious to know about their kids performance and how they can help it make any better. So teacher's honest opinion about their kid will do all the magic and that would bond the teacher and the kid's parents better.

However, there are all kinds of parent from being very sensitive to being very neglect about their kid. So as a part of the teachers role , teacher should be able to judge and provide right kind of suggestions to parents so as to help the kid and his performance at the end of the day.

I'm assuming that you're asking this question from the perspective of a teacher. Since the relationship with childrens' parents depends on their age and grade level, I will try to respond for all ages going through school. If I knew the age range of the children you are specifically interested in I might be more specific. Of course the younger the child the more it may be the role of the teacher to relate to the parents. With preschool children, it is important that the teacher or caregiver have a relationship with the parent. For example when parents bring the child to school they may give the teacher some helpful information that will help her./him e understand something that may affect the child's behavior during the day. "Joey had a stomach ache last night and didn't sleep well. But he wanted to come this morning. Call me if he seems to be having trouble and I'll come and pick him up". Similarly when the parent picks up the child the teacher may give a report, e.g. "Joey had a great day. He and Jimmy spent a lot of time in the block corner building towers". OR, Joey seemed a bit slow to warm up but he did join our table activity and seemed to feel well enough to eat snack". Grade school years pose a slightly different scenario. Parents may be asked to sign permission slips for field trips, get involved with the PTA etc. However, as the children progress from grade to grade, the degree of parent involvement changes as far as their individual children are concerned. Interestingly, communication seems to occur when either there is something special or outstanding about the child, "e.g Janey seem to have an unusual aptitude for art as shown in the illustrations she's done for her class projects", or, " Jamie seems to be much less interested and invested in his school work this year. I'm not sure what's going on, Perhaps we could meet and see what we can do together to get him back on track again" The same approach applies to junior high school (grades 6-9) although the issues that come up may be more serious. Peer rejection, cliques, bullying, sudden plunges in grades, and the like may require the parent to contact the school to find out what's going on and and to understand and make a plan to address the issue(s). Issues that come up in senior high include course selection (college prep, Advanced Placement, etc). This may definitely involve contact of parents with school guidance counselors and similar school personnel, even though in general youth are expected to deal with their own issues.

In general, when youth are in college, the role of parents as to being in contact with college personnel decreases radically except in the case of extreme situations - severe mental or physical health issues of the student, for example, that may involve deciding whether the student should take time off from school, In general, parents do not get involved with grade disputes of college students - again with the exception of an extreme situation. Professors contacted by parents about a student's grade in general should indicate their willingness to talk with the student alone and come up with a plan to help the student improve his/her work. In extreme or untractable situations parents may need to contact a senior administrator (e.g. department chair or dean),