Evening star., 1941-06-17
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Relations
Needed
Child Will Benefit
If Parents Join
With Teacher
By angelo Pafri

d y n USebO UIft
The Parent Teacher Associations
are a necessary unit in the public
school systems of the country. This
is a democratic land where the
citizens hold themselves responsible
for their public services. At least
they should do so.
Mothers have q deep concern in
public schools. They send their
children there to be trained and edu-
Gated, fitted for their life work. To
the teachers they confide the chill
dren they brought into the world,
cared for night and day for six years,
taught and trained and inspired
every waking hour since their birth.
All they have in life is tied up in
their children; all their hopes and
much of their fortunes are bound
up in their future.
Isn't it to be expected then that
mothers and fathers will take an
intense interest in what the schools
and the teachers do for and with
the children? Isn't it to be ex-
pected that they will want to know
what kind of a school theirs is and
what sort of people the teachers who
deal with their children are?
There must be some understand
ing between teachers and parents
if the children are to benefit fully
by the work Of the school. Mother
and father must work with the
teacher if the teaching is to succeed
The teacher must know the parents.
know the home and understand
the child she deals with. The best
way to accomplish this with les
sened friction and without waste
of time and effort is through the
parent-teacher group.
The association must have some
part in the life of the school or
it soon passes out. In cropping about
for that work, that link between
parents and school, sometimes the
association goes astray and lays
hold of work that properly belongs
to the teacher. That is a mistake
and soon brings its result in fric-
tion and misunderstanding. If
each side knows its limitations and
keeps within them, while observing
the rules, the association will func-
ton perfectly.
Parents must not enter class
rooms without the knowledge and
permission of the principal and the
teacher. The reasons for that are
clear to anybody who thinks about
the organization and work of the
classroom.
Parents must not attempt to criti-
cize the methods or practices of the
teacher at work. She is trained
professional worker and must be
allowed the exercise of her profess
sion. Any criticism, should be made
to the principal. who will investigate
and report on any situation set be-
fore him.
The teacher should make a point
of attending the Parent-Teacher
Association meetings, hold meeting
for the mothers of the children in
her class, keep IN close touch with
those mothers during the term so
that she works with them and they
with her. Teachers do not make a
habit of mentioning the failures OF
a pupil without speaking about his
successes. Complaints do not win
cooperation.
Mutual understanding. co-opera-
tion for the good of the pupil, re-
spect for each others share of the
work, consideration for the feel
ings of all concerned will further
a good cause.
Little children must learn to
mind, and spanking them won't
help. Teach them in q sane,
kind way. Send for Angelo
Patri's booklet obedience" in
closing 10 cents in coin. Ad-
dress Angelo Patri, in care Of
this paper.