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As a millennial I hate to say it but some millennial parents confuse gentle parenting with letting their kid do whatever they want whenever they want. It’s definitely not all of them but the ones that parent like this are rough to deal with.
And still forget the explanation part!
Rising Star
Doubtful that anybody has a decent answer to that one. If you were teaching Baby Boomers' kids, you're probably retired. Probably if you're teaching now, you prefer Gen X parents' kids to Millenials' kids, but that's unlikely to be due to differences in the generations and far more likely to be because if your students' parents are in Gen X, the parents waited until adulthood to have kids, while if they're Millennials, they probably had kids too young. In ten or fifteen years, teachers will prefer teaching the kids of Millennials over the kids of Gen Z for the same reason.
Teaching careers aren't long enough to meaningfully compare different generations' childraising skills. You end up comparing the reality you deal with to an idealized idea of how things were when you were younger.
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I’m 55, making me Gen X and actually older than most of my student’s parents these days. Thankfully, that life experience enables me to address parent concerns with perspective, and having Sandler sales training also helps me cool hot heads and get to the core of their concerns. The most frustrating parents I deal with are the ones who are over controlling and won’t let their kids think and choose for themselves.
I find it very odd that the question of why ch parents are worst to deal with is based on age.
Angela,
We are said to be an age conscious and death fearing society compared to other nations - IDK?
Different psyche? Conditioning?
What are your thoughts about all?
I'm a millennial.. and millennial parents are the worst. Absolutely no accountability.
How many baby boomers still have school age kids?
Don't forget about grandparents with legal guardianship
I’ve only had one parent conference in 20 years. I frequently email parents about student performance and grades but rarely hear back from them. I think most parents these days are either too busy or just checked out.
Systemic issues across the board (nation/globe) in current times.
They are equally the same if they are not involved with their child’s education
I think the difficulty of the parents has to be at least somewhat related to the students age,right? Like Elementry teachers have a different types of annoying parents than high school teachers at least?
Millennials- so many are just overgrown children themselves, who never grasped what it means to be an adult, so they now have no concept of how to raise their children right.
It’s not about the generation they are from in my experience. It seems to be about the parents’ personal school experiences influencing the way they perceive school and the importance of education. I work in a small town and have been here long enough that I am now seeing the children of former students. The ones who “loved school” are supportive and feel like education is important. The ones who struggled themselves seem to have a terrible attitude and are defensive, downplay the importance of education, and blame the teachers for their kids struggles. They seem
Less interested in developing positive relationships with the school and not interested in being partners in their children’s education. It is sad.
Whatever parents/guardians we have in elementary school, it’s them. Out of my class of 24, maybe six actually hold the kid accountable for things they have done or said to get into trouble.
Add in administration whom people please these parents/guardians instead of backing the expectations they expect us to hold the kids to….until a parent complains. It snowballs together.
KES1,
Sounds as though there is little alignment within the “system” regarding Admin, teachers, parents , and learners. Potentially admin, parents, and learners are often aligned 🤔.
I have heard similar many times.
Most of my contacts with parents or guardians have been good along most of my co teachers.
I had one guardian who was a major headache 1st semester but that was the exception.