Improving Teacher and Parent Relationship

In this lecture you will learn to increase your understanding of how to build rapport and improve your relationship with the parents you work with each day.   Along with the content of learning when to reach out to parents and how to listen to them you will see two videos to watch. The first video to watch is the "Parenting Manifesto". A message that Brene Brown wrote to her child about how much she loves them. The second video "Ray Disciplines Ally", depicts real life parenting with grandparents and uncles intervening, shaming and judging the parents and their parenting practices. Both are true! Parents love their children and parenting is hard. As educators it is our job to help parents with these difficult times in their life but we must act from a place of kindness and compassion for what the parent is going through.

These are great resources for you to use when talking with parents. The book helps you to guide parents on topics that they need help with. The article Courageous Conversations with Parents is an article that I have written to also help teachers support parents. Both are great resources for you.

Materials that are downloadable for you are below. There is an article that was posted in Higher Education Digest about having these type of conversations with parents.

There are three images that are taken from my book, Raising the Well-Adjusted Child; A Parent's Manual, that are found in the back of the book, they are: Creating Structure and Routine, Improving Behaviors, and Practicing Discipline. They are questions from the chapters, that can be used for a discussion or for personal reflection on these areas. Please read over them and answer them for your own personal growth.