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Meet the Parents: Navigating the Challenges of High-Maintenance Families

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Originally published in TEACH Magazine, January/February 2020 Issue

By Alex Newman

Most parents are rational, reasonable, and respectful, but it’s those high maintenance ones that every teacher dreads. And the situation seems to be worsening each year.

Whether they are too stretched time-wise to have the necessary patience to deal with an under-achieving child, or just plain angry—irate parents add strain to a teacher’s already overloaded emotional and mental resources.

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Alex Newman is a Toronto freelance writer and editor. Visit her website, alexnewmanwriter.com.

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