Poor Parent Behaviour when it comes to assessments.

I wanted to write this blog for all of the teachers out there who experience this type of behaviour daily. I wanted to write this blog to help parents to understand that their poor behaviour is completely unacceptable and that they should perhaps reflect on it. If parents demonstrate the poor behaviour that I’m speaking about - I’m sure they won’t reflect on it. Because people who behave poorly are always right. They are entitled. They are never wrong!

I’ve experienced a lot of poor parent behaviour. Working in schools and also in my line of work now as the owner of this incredible business.

I coach myself daily with dealing with these types of behaviours and I’m becoming so much better at having a CEO mindset when it comes to dealing with these problems and not being reactive and emotional about them.

Because I know that these poor parent behaviours have nothing to do with me (although these parents will most likely tell you that this isn’t the case!). It is all to do with them.

A couple of weeks ago one of my clients decided that she didn’t want to pay the £300 per month to work with me anymore. She decided that she would send me a message and tell me that she didn’t understand my Tutoring Agreement and she did not give me her one month notice to stop working with me. She then decided to ignore all of my messages and ghost me. 2 months of hard work and effort (on all of our parts!) just forgotten about. 2 months of meeting each week, 2 months of communicating on the phone, 2 months of planning and preparation just forgotten about.

And I’m exposing it because it’s not ok.

It’s not ok to behave in this way.

I do not care if you are paying for a service. I pay for countless services. I would never behave in that way.

So let’s treat each other with more respect and kindness. You want to stop paying for a service - that’s fine. It’s perfect actually. Believe it or not, I want to work with clients who actually want to work with me!

Respect the terms of the person YOU choose to work with - that is all.

Oh and one more thing. Your children are watching your poor behaviours if you choose to behave in this way so don’t be surprised when they start behaving just like you!