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Welcome to the 'parent zone'! Teacher's who have kids aren't
immune to being put in the role of the 'parent'. Here is
what you need to know. You need a thick skin because you are
darned if you do and darned if you don't. Next year you will
probably meet the teacher that is furious with you because
you didn't sit down and help your child learn how to be a
better writer! LOL It is just part of being the parent and
dealing with those that have different ideas from class to
class, year to year.

In this scenario you are ruining your child's chance to take
responsibility for his/her learning.

On 11/13/09, momwithcats wrote:
> I am a first-year 6th grade Language Arts teacher. My middle
> son is in 6th grade at my school. Here is the issue: Tuesday
> night he brought home an edited rough draft for an essay
> that he needed to type, incorporating any edits he felt
> necessary. He typed it and asked me to read it. I did and
> like any caring parent, I called him over and we sat
> together to talk about what I saw could be improved upon,
> mainly tense, word choice, and sentence fluency. He changed
> some based on my guidance and turned it in on Thursday,
> telling her that 'My mom changed some things.' Well, she
> told him that I wasn't supposed to touch it and she wanted
> to talk to me when I returned. I asked him to clarify to her
> that we sat together and changed it, which he did, but she
> said it didn't matter, I still wasn't supposed to touch it.
>
> Here is my question, did I do anything wrong? I didn't
> re-write it for him, I simply guided him, he asked me change
> things and I did. Would it have mattered if I didn't teach
> the same subject? I wouldn't have issue if a parent of one
> of my students helped them, they have and I think it's
> incredibly supportive and shows caring on the part of the
> parent(s). How should I respond to her? I don't want to make
> enemies, especially since this is my first year, but I am
> rather irritated that she has taken issue with the fact that
> I worked with him.
>
> Any feedback is appreciated!!!

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