Its amazing how years ago if your child was in trouble at school then they would be in trouble at home but at some point we became all protective and ‘my kid can do no wrong’ … I dont think this is helpful for the children.

Poor principles, so much demand from them and little respect in return

There should be more male teachers from day one along with the female ones and politicians and bureaucrats should butt out and let the school be autonomous. The principals and the P&C Assoc. or Parent’s Assoc. should run the school – bureaucrats only setting the criteria the school should aim at. And there should be no political bias whether labour or not influencing the children no matter how hard the union pushes being joined up before you educate our children.

Teaching certainly seems to be a stressful job particularly with increased responsibilities & low pay.

Agreed. Perhaps it’s now time to go back to the ways when teachers and Principals taught our kids and politicians stayed out of how schools ran day to day.

A lot is placed on the heads of school principals. There is so much more for them to do then was done my day or my older adult children’s day. School have become independent leading to more stress placed on the teachers there. The good ones will do their best, some do not care ( I think they have just given up). To have parents who do not respect the teaching staff , defending their children who also do not respect the staff, has to be hard to cope with day after day.

I can kinda understand the abuse directed at school principals, I wouldn’t do it myself nor do I condone it, but as the parent of a bullied child who school authorities seemed to not be interested in helping…..I can kinda understand it

Unfortunately a lot don’t seem to know the meaning of respect.
For awhile pupils called their teachers by their first names. We never knew the first names of our teachers. The pupils know that apart from suspension children they have very few options of behavioural control. Some use that to their dvantage if they don’t like school. I was shocked when a friend’s kid actually bragged about it. If they aren’t taught as children they aren’t aren’t going to teach the next. generation. looks like we could be heading down a spiral. A sad thought.

Principals and teachers have way to much stress and receive way to much abuse. The principals and teachers I know have my respect.

That was a very intriguing read, thank you.

As a school teacher I find this article very interesting. Teachers and Principals cop it all the time from parents/families…and all for just doing their job.

Such a pity that respect seems to have disappeared in this day and age. No respect by children or adults for school principals, teachers, health workers [doctors, nurses & ambulance paramedics], law enforcement officers, etc. etc. etc.
If respect was taught to the parents thence to the children this whole world would be a much better place.

It’s such a shame that the principals are under so much stress, they do a great job with our kids and shouldn’t have to have the amount of stress everyday in their working lives, I can not believe that parents are so inconsiderate towards our teachers and school staff surely parents need a good kick up the bxx it’s unfair in any work situation

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  Parents and children that do show respect need to spread the word and pass on the message.

A very interesting article and interesting to read that mental health of students and teachers is rising which is a concern.

I think a lot of people don’t realise how hard a job that it is looking after not just a couple of kids but a whole school full of kids and making sure everyone is safe. They should be commended not bullied. No one deserves to be bullied. Period.

I can’t believe the lack of respect for Principals and those in authority these days. It’s not appropriate and demonstrates to children that it’s okay to verbally or physically attack Principals or teachers. Just disgusting behaviour and increasingly part of the world we live in. We love our school Principal – he is available, considerate, interested in our son’s education and life, and we consider him to be a very important role model and mentor to our son. I am shocked and horrified at some of the stories I hear, including the removal of the Principal from the front office, to an area in the middle of the school, so he is not so accessible to abusive adults. Just shocking.

It’s kind of sad that there’s so little appreciation for what they do ! You see the same little respect and amount of violence against hospital / nursing staff. It’s so wrong. These are people with passion who give their life to serve others.

Teachers cop a lot too. Kids don’t have respect for anything or anyone these days. They don’t respect their parents so why would they respect their teachers. Parents need to pull their head in and start teaching their kids manners and respect. The lack of it even with primary aged kids is appalling. The way some kids talk to their teachers is beyond a joke but in saying that, the teachers ignore half of what goes on. They need to be able to have more authority over these little shits. Some kids don’t have a chance when you see the way their parent act, of course that’s who they learn it from.

Terrible. And I’ve just read about a principal in WA that died at her desk. Too much stress, too much pressure.. Poor woman.