When does a parent need to talk to children's teachers?

You did the right thing with the right time to talk with your child's teacher. But, as a parents, we need to attend school activities like parents/teachers meeting and talk to the teacher for some time to follow up the performance of your children in school.

I believe parents should take any opportunity to consult with their children's teachers. Parents should meet the teacher at the start of the school year and assure the teacher that they will assist in any way they can in their child's education. This serves two purposes. First, teachers will be aware that the parent is monitoring their child closely and second, the child will be confident that everyone is supporting their educational activities. Another benefit is that it helps the transition into the child's socialization easier for both the child and parent. So in my opinion, the right time is always.

Both of my older children are honor students, and I only had to contact the school once on my daughter's behalf. Everything was fixed and was fine, for the most part things have gone well with them. My youngest child however, who is in 1st grade is a little immature for his age, he is having some struggles so I have had to meet with his teacher a couple of times and I am meeting with her again on Wednesday. He is making a lot of progress though. I think his teacher is too inexperienced, and does not seem to be able to handle young kids very well and understand that they are all going to have bad days. She is a mom too, but her kids are still really young. I know my son is not an angle but I think she over reacts much of the time over minor things.

Oh wow how careless of the new teacher to have recorded incorrectly. As a parent the minute you feel there is a concern, you have every right to immediately ask for a meeting with the teacher. If he situation does not get resolved through the teacher then a meeting with the principal may be necessary. Yes I have consulted with one of my son's teacher when he was in 6th grade, as my son was a very well behaved smart student and he was getting really sick every night and afraid of his teacher. So I immediately questioned my son what the problem was as I had never had a problem with him in school. I wanted to make it really wasn't something he was doing. Well turns out my son was getting sharp stomach aches after one am each night because he was afraid to return to school. Seems the teacher had something against Hispanics, being that my two children were the first in our Catholic School/Church to attend there she for some reason has an issue with it, and mind her he had already been in the school since kindergarten. Apparently she would not let him participate in front of the class as she said he was wasting his time studying as he was not going to amount to anything. WHAT! Which by the way all the kids would laugh and he felt humiliated. In the first place all of us were born in the US and I happen to know she had a green card. Not that, that was important, but wait, I was paying top dollar for a Catholic education so that my son's self esteem could be shot.

I am not a parent yet, but I am a teacher. As a teacher, I actually appreciate parents' effort to consult with their children's teachers. It is the responsibility of the parents to monitor their children's behavior in and out of school. I believe it is the right of the parents to know directly from the teacher's mouth about their children's standing and performance. Constant communication between parents and teachers will be beneficial to the child. In most cases, parents come to school only because they are summoned by the teacher or the school principal in relation to their children's misbehavior, for example. However, this situation is reactive and not preventive.

i usually talk to my daughter's teacher when i'm getting her grades and when there are updates from the school. i usually trust the teachers for i don not know what is happening inside the classroom. my daughter is 2nd in the class for the 1st grading and 2nd again in the 2nd grading. it would be better if my daughter becomes the 1st.

Thats terrible that due to the new teacher not keeping good enough records that your daughters grade has suffered. I am very glad that you looked into this problem for her and she probably feels much better now. My daughter is only 6 so I havent had to worry about things like this yet. She doesnt get in trouble at school she is a very good student. I hope she stays this way all through her school years that would be wonderful.

Hi. r3corp. If I see a problem in the class with the students or teachers, I will contact them. Or when I feel that there is something wrong with his work. I plan to contact my son's teacher soon. He is always telling me how the teacher and her assistant acts when they get frustrated with him. I think that when your child or you feels uncomfortable with what is going on in classroom, that is the best time to bring it to the teacher's attention.

I think that an open communication should be kept between the teacher and the parents, after all you have the same concern. The teacher plays the role of a 2nd mother/parent to our kids, so being open to them and vice versa will surely help our kids become better in every way, may it be grades or character.

I dont have yet a child in school right now. For me we need to get in touch with their teachers also. Because we dont know What kids are doing in school.