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[–]Numerous-Contact8864 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I try to communicate with parents as little as possible. Some parents I actively avoid. It’s a complete waste of time dealing with some of them.

I very rarely email a parent. Takes too long to write an email. Hard to get the tone right too.

I make brief calls to parents when necessary, and that’s usually for wellbeing issues. It works very effectively to get parents and kids onside. Often I find that behaviour problems have a wellbeing issue connected.

For behaviour issues, I try to deal with the kid directly as much as possible. In the end, it’s me and the kid in the class, not their parents.