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“There is nothing phony or artificial about Teacher to Parent. Stallings displays a capacity for applying simple good sense to conflicts between parents and their children’s schools. I am confident that all parents who take the time to read and consider the wisdom in Teacher to Parent will come away better prepared to deal with their own classroom conflicts.”

​ Dr. David O. Whitten, professor emeritus, Auburn University

​A collection from the popular weekly column

Teacher to Parent is a weekly newspaper column with a simple formula: parents write in with questions, and Jody Stallings answers them from the perspective of an experienced, award-winning teacher. The result is a fresh, often humorous, and always candid approach to education that emphasizes common sense, tough love, and parental responsibility.

Here’s a sample of what you’ll find in this collection of Teacher to Parent’s best columns:
 
On parents being more important than teachers:
 “If a student’s first 18 years of life were condensed into a 24-hour day, his entire school experience would last fewer than 4 hours.” 
 
On giving into a child’s demand:
“Rewarding a tantrum is never a good strategy for raising children to be adults who don’t throw tantrums.”
 
On giving young children a cellphone:
“The day you hand over that phone, your children will lay down their innocence.”
 
On positive reinforcement:
“Kids should learn to do what’s right because it’s right, not because it will personally enrich them.”
 
On Common Core Math:
“It’s like teaching a child how to make a sandwich by saying, ‘First plant a field of wheat.’”
 
To a parent seeking to change her child’s teacher because of a “personality conflict”:
“Instead of preparing the world for your child, try preparing your child for the world.”
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