Public Relations

Teacher's advice may have crossed the line, but so did parent's response

Column: Carol Veravanich, The Orange County Register Q. I just received parenting "advice," if you want to call it that, from a person that does not have children of her own. My son's fourth-grade teacher asked me if I really wanted her to tell me what she really thinks of my parenting. I took the challenge and this old, childless woman told me I have no idea what I am doing. Tell me, teacher, is this right? I am shaking still and this happened three days ago. I don't even want to send my child to finish the year with this person. How dare she tell me how to parent? She never even became a parent herself...