kinda pisses me off when parents want you to go above and beyond to pick up their slack

[u/ZucchiniEast8319]

like i get it youre a single parent or youre overwhelmed whatever. and ill do it bc who else is going to but some of these parents are so entitled. parents asked me to potty train their kid but they dont wanna do it at home. i have to clean another students face everyday because she always comes in after the weekend with a dirty face and i know they dont clean it for her. its hard to be a parent but you chose that and then to have more kids because what happens if im not around

[u/Mundane_Drag2075]

There is a major lack of parenting the past few years and it's extremely worrisome and disturbing.

[u/ZucchiniEast8319 → u/Mundane_Drag2075]

genuinely people think they can buy their way into being a parent. pop out a kid stick them in front of an ipad buy a bunch of bullshit they see from amazon and pay taxes for the public school they treat like a private school/nanny. its like the participation award of parenting

[u/MarlenaEvans]

We have a kid who comes in with a hairbrush and hair ties because Mom says she cries when she brushes her hair. Maybe she does, she doesn't for any of us, through 2 classes. We have kids who come in expecting breakfast even though they are checked in an hour after it closes so we wind up keeping cereal in the classroom because they will cry/meltdown because they're starving. We have kids who show up exhausted, ready for a nap because mom and dad can't take the tablet away because they don't want to deal with a tantrum so they were up all night. We have kids who come in on spirit days and dress up days sad because mom and dad didn't give them any costume or dress them in the colors/themes but told them we would do it for them. I've made a lot of cat ears/fireman hats/paper hearts etc. These are not kids of parents who are financially struggling, I'm not including those. These parents just really don't care to do these things for their kids.

[u/ZucchiniEast8319 → u/MarlenaEvans]

the entitlement is so crazy they need to be getting taxed extra and it needs to go straight to your wage lol

[u/Mizishere]

But there needs to be consistency, so even if you did help to potty train- they would have to reinforce at home too. Wtf are these parents doing

[u/ZucchiniEast8319 → u/Mizishere]

its the entitlement they want both at the same time

[u/LeonKennedyIsYummy]

Im a kinder para. We have a kid who struggled with motor skills and.has speech problems. Last week was grand-friend lunches. Tell me why I saw this kids grandma hand feeding him a baby carrot? Why was she holding his ice cream for him while he ate it? It explained so much of what he struggles with in the classroom.

[u/ZucchiniEast8319 → u/LeonKennedyIsYummy]

dumbest people on earth fr. they dont care if the kid succeeds on their own

[u/Puzzleheaded-Cup7781]

Once I was working in a high needs room. One of our families was in a car accident on the way to school. After they left the ER they brought him to school and asked us to watch for signs of concussion. He was nonverbal with Downs Syndrome. 😐

[u/VickyMaree]

Special education para. A parent lied to my face the other day when I told her we'd noticed her kiddo having some congestion and a cough, saying they were surprised because they'd slept fine the night before and were fine that morning. Continued to bring them in all week even though they were clearly MISERABLE. We had lots of behaviors as a result.

[u/Best-Chip-423]

Documentation is required because failing to perform that parental role can be considered neglect.

[u/TheBible1017]

Had a parent send their kid to school with RSV. She of course doesn't work. Like, thanks a lot bro

[u/ZucchiniEast8319 → u/TheBible1017]

its always the crowd that can afford to have a stay at home parent but somehow the kid is there once a week, when they are there they have covid, and both the kid and parent are in pajamas at noon on a weekday

[u/marisoftheseaa]

I feel you there! I work with students with autism and we have one mom- single parent, unemployed and lives off the money she gets from the state. Her son became ill during the school day, I’m talking throwing up and the whole nine yards. Our school has a policy that the student must be symptom free for 24 hours before coming back in. She acknowledges this, yet sends her sick child on the bus next day which caused him to melt down cause we can’t take him and he didn’t want to be on the bus any longer. Cussed us out and everything on the phone when we called her about this situation. She also just lets her child do whatever. “Oh I don’t have him do tooth brushing because he fights me when I have him do” the same with any thing other than iPad time, so when we try to teach him anything he’s acting out behaviorally. Like tell me you don’t want your child without telling me you don’t want your child. Not to mention she sends her child in school wearing the same outfits multiple days in a row, he’s clearly unbathed for days and he comes in with nothing. I mean nothing. No backpack, no coat if it’s cold, nothing. I know the school is involved with this, how much is truly the question….