Do you believe your child over their teacher?

My teachers were unfair sometimes. Not only did they tell my parents, they punished me only for what they thought I did. Punished, I meant, put me down, yelled at me and did not let say 2 words and explain that this could not be possible and true. My parents knew me enough not to take sides and they wanted me to graduate, so they morally supported me.

I believe my child because I can usually verify his story and if he does something wrong when hes not around me he tells me LOL he tattle tales on himself LOL

When my son is old enough to be in school, I'm going to make sure to collect as much information as possible on any incident and give him a chance to explain things to me instead of just siding with others. :) When I was a child... most of the time no one came when my teachers tried to call my relatives. If they did come, it was usually my mother high on something and out of her mind, and she'd just kind of go off on everyone and everything. So I never really had this situation.

The question make me think about the education.we tell our kids to be honest but we can't always make it.i don't face the problem,if i am the parents ,i should first find out the truth and don't let my kid feel sad.i pay attention to the education of my child .i hope that the child is treated fairly.

I'm a mom of seven children and as such there are times when I tend to believe my children but I don't show it until I talk to the teacher. I really have to weigh things because it is not good for my children and the teacher concerned. For me, I just have to take the truth and have corresponding action.

I remember when I was in first grade, my teacher told us that we all would have the next day off, and that we had to tell our parents ourselves. Well I told my mom, but she didn't believe me, and she didn't bother to call the teacher. So the next day she takes me to the school, drops me off, and leaves before I'm even able to get to the door. Well guess what, the doors were locked and no one was around lol. So I ended up lying on some steps in front of the doors until a janitor found me and called my mom. I know it's not quite what you were talking about, but I figured some people would get a kick out of it.

I think, you have to more think about this matter. Teachers are always good for student and we should obey them.

Nowadays children are more prone to technology. So they respect and rely on teacher less.

That's a tricky one, we all know kids try to deceive because we were once all kids... However, I think it is important that you always gather as much information as possible and listen to both sides. If anybody reported something against my daughter I would ask her about it and then make a judgment as to what I thought was the real story - I won't always be right, but I hope I will always listen to my daughter before deciding a course of action...

I have had this happen when my son was in school. I don't take sides I find out what the circumstance was and why it was handled the way it was. The one thing I am a stickler on is allowing my son to be in the room with me when I talk to the teacher. He has a right to hear what is being said about the situation and to defend himself. Then it all depends on whether what the teacher says sounds right. I always listen to my son and hear his side of the story also. In this case the teacher was way out of line and the way I determined it was I watched his body language and he also started to raise his voice to me.

Oh man i had the same problem with my dad.He always believes others then his own children.When other kids done anything and their parenst blamed us my father didn't listen to our story and blamed us for the things we never done. Also at school the same problems because nowadays a lot parents say my child didn't do it so he always thinks we did do it. I think if i have children on my own i would talk with the teacher and my child together listen to both stories and then find out what's true or not.