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Originally Posted by MysticCat
It's very possible to help out at school (the teachers need the extra hands) without helicoptering.
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I wasn't disputing that, I'm a teacher...I can always use help, but sometimes having a parent in the classroom can undermine the teacher's authority because the child is more inclined to look to the parent than the teacher if they do something wrong. I've also seen(as I've had numerous conferences with both parent and student) that some of the time the parents are making excuses for their children, or denying the fact that their child could ever do something wrong (i.e. cheating, copying, smacking some other kid).
Not saying that parental help is bad, I was just wondering if we aren't sort of enabling helicopterish behavior for some parents.
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