THE TREATY OF Parents & Teachers
Club|July 2024
There have been arguments, phone calls and please-explains when it comes to our kids' education. But when parents and teachers work together, the child benefits
SAADIQAH SCHROEDER
THE TREATY OF Parents & Teachers

What greater story could be told than the Parent, the Teacher and the Child? Where the parent and teacher work together, fighting the battles to save the child from low self-esteem, peer pressure and poor grades.

South Africans value education but our resources don't always make up for what we lack in our education system. "The curriculum can really demotivate children and put a damper on their self-esteem and identity, instead of really looking at their own abilities," says Taahirah Chafeker, a trainee educational psychologist.

There's no one-size-fits-all method to learning, and every child has their own obstacles to overcome when they are in a classroom. But while teachers and parents fight about who is right and who is not doing their job properly, children are struggling in their little worlds.

Between the 'lawnmower' or 'helicopter' parents (who want to control everything) and teachers simply being exhausted by the education system, how do we join forces and focus on what matters most: the children?

Who's actually the parent?

"Teachers don't hate teaching. Teachers hate that the job is now about being a 'daytime parent' and behaviour interventionist instead of teaching content," reads the caption on a Tik Tok video posted by the user Honest Teacher.

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