A preschool teacher has called out parents after an ‘infuriating’ situation during class.
The 40-year-old anonymous teacher took to Reddit to verbalise their frustrations with parents when they use a particular parenting technique.
The teacher shared a picture of the classroom that had been totally trashed with toys, which was created by just one three-year-old child who had thrown a tantrum.
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In the post, they said: “The parents insist the child's behaviour is not the problem.”
But the classroom teacher begs to differ.
They went as far as to say that this is the result of parents who ignore their children’s ‘naughty’ behaviour, and instead normalise what they are doing.
Lots of people agreed with them in the comments section of the post, and some went even harsher on parents than the teacher did.
One person said: “Just knowing there's idiotic parents like this out there is so depressing.
“Poor children, that's why people grow up all f**ked up and idiotic.
“Idiot parents make idiot children and it's sad because none of them even knows how miserable and sad their existence is.”
Ouch.
Another said: “I used to teach pre-k and kindergarten and if a kid did something like this, everything stopped until the kid cleaned everything up.
“No class. No lunch. No going home.”
Although, some people disagreed, saying: “Reddit just loves to blame parents because it's easy and many don't know any better.
“And some parents just had wonderful and attentive children and still just assume the worst about other parents.
“I want to know how much this teacher has missed.
“This doesn't just happen - things have to escalate to get to this point.”
However, one comment left some advice for the teacher.
Talking from experience, they said: “Kids need a lot of toys but you have A LOT of toys in there.
“If you limit the amount of stuff available, even when kids go wild—be it because of a tantrum or a good mood—then it is still manageable to clean up.
“So you can sit back and let them go wild, and not stress about it.”
Others who had claimed to work in childcare went as far as to say ‘kids like this shouldn’t be in the classroom'.
They said: “I think kids like this need 1-1 instruction and should not be with other kids other than during recess and snack time.”
Mia Williams