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Smart way of talking to teachers: A parent’s guide

Ramya Know Your Child The Smart Way Of Talking To Teachers
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It is very common to get panicky when you receive a call from school regarding your child. It can be about studies, grades or behavioural issues. The consequences after listening to your child’s complaints from the teacher are even worst. Parents might be understanding, at times defensive or just hang their phone up even before the teacher could complete the sentence.

Most of the parents deny the fact that their child needs help when they are being called or informed from the school. So how to stay calm? And What kind of questions need to be asked with the teacher. Parents need to know that their cooperation is required for the teacher to solve the issues.

Therefore, here let us understand the smart way of discussing the problems that your child is facing at school with the teacher or counselor.

When teacher says your son/daughter is having problems with studies or grades, misbehaves with other children, and doesn’t follow school rules just stay calm. Listen completely to the teacher, and do not interrupt her.

The right response: If it is about studies or grades ask about particular subject or all the subjects, discuss about their study habits, difficulty in concentrating, and distractions if any. If it is about behavioural issues talk about his/her behaviour is different at home from school, ask about whether he/she is disruptive everyday or with a particular person or time so that you can find out what is the trigger that is causing a particular problem. For example a child might start disturbing other classmates whenever he/she attends the Mathematica class. Disturbing may include beating the other child, taking their stationary away from them, shouting or making noise while the class is engaged .The reason behind this behaviour is elicited only when you talk about it in a right way. This happens due to inability to concentrate and being not quick enough while answering in the class. Hence his/her Maths score could be less.

Create a plan: Once you understand the problem, you can collaboratively work together to improve the concentration level and also teacher can give him/her priority to answer in the class, so that the child slowly overcomes his/her inferiority complex.

Always don’t forget to follow up: Even after proper planning, and executing many of the problems are unresolved just because parents do not follow up with what’s happening. Did the child implement the changes, or if that plan is not working what else can be done should be discussed and thought about.

In the process of fixing the problem, do not go overboard with your problem. Make sure you both (parent and teacher) have spare time to create the plan or follow up process. All that matters is your child’s emotional, and physical well-being.

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Ramya E.

The author is a counselor and lifeskills trainer who has trained over 2000 students. She holds an M.Sc. in Psychology.

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