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Hello Master Teachers,

I wanted to know what kind of stories you have with difficult parents and how you dealt with them . I seem to have reoccuring issues with parents having to deal with helicopter parents. I've had coworkers tell me they never have difficult parents and I find that hard to believe. What makes me different? Thanks for any input!
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eager to hear what others have to say On 12/21/10, The Parent Whisperer continues to write-

I don't know who invented the phrase 'helicopter parents' - and this will make some people mad and I hope not you and I am sincerely sorry that it makes anyone upset - but the phrase isn't a helpful one. We don't mean that phrase in any good way and when we use phrases we mean in a bad ...See More
Dec 21, 2010
Leah The Parent Whisperer had some great ideas:

Three articles that could be helpful to you are:

Educator's Guide to Active Listening, Guidelines for Educator-Parent Conferences...: and Effective Communication. Click below and on the title of your choice. All articles are free and reproducible
Dec 22, 2010
AnitaS. On 12/21/10, eager to hear what others have to say wrote: > On 12/21/10, The Parent Whisperer continues to write- > > I don't know who invented the phrase 'helicopter parents' - and > this will make some people mad and I hope not you and I am > sincerely sorry that it makes anyone upset - but the phrase isn't > a helpful one. We d...See More
Jul 2, 2011
Sara br> > Some of the responses here sound so easy...too easy. What if you > have a parent who believes anything her son says?

There are always nutty people and nutty parents. Those parents should be handled with kid gloves because manhandling them makes them worse, not better. When working with nuts, be careful not to set them off a...See More
Jul 5, 2011
Jo But the very sad part about all of this, there are those that might hate male students and treat them accordingly. They are extremely agitated by typical boy behaviors. Thus, while a teacher may not say that they hate boys, the tone, the reprimands, etc all point to that. I've seen it. Sometimes one must look closely to see if there is any grain of...See More
Jul 5, 2011


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