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A teacher-student relationship is very valuable and can shape the life of a student. A teacher not only teaches the curricula, but her disciplining strategies coupled with attitude and approach towards students is what makes them “liked” or “disliked” by a student.
It is a proud moment for any mother if a child excels in school and is a teacher’s pet. When the child praises your kid during the parent teachers meeting, this boosts the self-confidence of the child and you know you are on the right parenting track. But what if your child comes home, all dejected and complaining about the teacher? Some children feel that their teacher is mean to them, particularly picks him for the punishment and overall hates him.
How to handle this situation effectively so that your child doesn’t shy away from such future conditions and learn to adjust to the changing environment?
Your heart goes out to your child if your little sweety-pie feels sad that his teacher dislikes him. This is an emotional turmoil for him paired with embarrassment in classroom and lack of appreciation despite hard work. Your child may resort to making excuse for skipping school or request you to change class or even school. If you probe, your child will probably complain about the teacher, which should essentially fit in the below points:
The child might say that the teacher
You need to understand that this is a serious issue and do not ignore it. School life is probably one of those memories which remain life time. You surely don’t want these to be horrible for your child.
The first thing is to get all the details. When he mentions that his teacher does not likes him – ask him the details and probe further till you feel you have got it all. Make make a note of this, and the next time this happens aga in write down the details – to discuss with the teacher. What makes your kid feel that the teacher is too strict or mean to him? The second most important thing is to reassure your child that no matter what, you love him, and have full trust in his abilities.
The below guidelines should help:
Remember, in this case your objective here is to settle the conflict rather than fuelling the negativity against the teacher, therefore
When your child first complains about this, do not directly jump at resolving this. Give time. Maybe your kid and the teacher get better with passage of time. If the situation continues to be the same even after 3-4 weeks, then it’s time to get in touch with the teacher.
Once you do feel convinced that there is definitely something wrong, you should seek out meeting the teacher. At this point, remember to keep your tones, subtle, and be respectful. You motive is to get the confidence back in your child, and slamming the teacher would do little good. The important thing is to develop a strategy, in tune with the teacher to get your child shrug the daily struggle.
Do not insist on changing classroom or even changing school – this should be the last resort when nothing works. Life may present a lot of people who would not like your child, he has to know how to deal with such people and situations effectively. Never ask your child to ignore the teacher pr turn a deaf ear towards her. Teach your kid to treat teacher as an authority figure and that she’s not supposed to be friends. Do not fuel the negative view of child towards to teacher.
Keep your mind open and help develop a positive teacher-student relation.
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