Should my son go to parent teacher meetings?????

[Himark]

I may be old fashioned but I feel fairly strongly that the child to whom is going to be discussed should NOT be at the discussion with parents and teacher. I feel there is a reason they call them PARENT-TEACHER meetings.

But, I didnt take him to the last one and got a letter saying Welcome to student led conferences and his teacher highlighted that portion this year. What are yours thoughts? FYI it is for 6th grade and I dont think belittling him and forcing accountability at this age is neccesary.

 

[luvtoride]

I think it should go this way.

If the meeting is disciplinary, the child should be able to plead their case with both the teacher and parents present, but the actual punishment/final judgement, should be between the parents and teacher privately. But I don't think excluding the child entirely is fair.

 

[ARMAGEDDON]

I wouldn't bring the kid and I agree that there is no need to belittle a 6th grader.

I strongly disagree about accountability. A 6th grader should be held accountable for their actions. Too many parents don't and that is a big problem in this day and age

 

[Himark]

I should of stated this is not disciplinary and is a routine parent/teacher confrence.

 

[luvtoride]

I should of stated this is not disciplinary and is a routine parent/teacher confrence.

Oh, well then no, I don't see any need for the child to be present then.

 

[Nate]

Dont let the school raise your kid bud. Thats the problem these days seriously

 

[Blu Du]

our school says bring them but that just second grade.

 

[ouch]

when i was in school it was a mandatory thing your parents came in or at least talked over the phone.. so my mom always told me if she had to go, I had to go... bring them with if the kids been real bad or a concern they woulda called by now..

 

[Arctic Thunder]

Personally I like the one on one parent/teacher conferences. No kids. To be honest I want the teacher to tell me everything that is going on. How is he doing in class, who are the kids he hangs out with, all that stuff. I think it is to warm and fuzzy when the kids are there.

If the kid is doing well in class and doesn't get into trouble. I think 5 minutes with the teacher can help keep the kids on task and keep them moving forward. The student let things are a joke.

But I would bet that some kids don't tell their parents anything so they are forced to by the student led conference.

Again Personally I can do without it.

Thunder

 

[wickman]

I just had a parent/teacher conference last week. I wanted my son involved because the conference was concerning his problems with turning in his work. I found out the he was missing a total of 23 homework assignments. I wanted him involved in the discussions on ways to make sure that he keeps up with his homework. I think that it helps him accept any ideas that are brought up if he has input on them. At the end of the conference I had the teachers excuse him from the room and then I talked about anything that I felt would be better that he not hear.

BTW, he is in the 4th grade.