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<h2>Being a teacher is not a job for the weak, but the greatest challenges often don&#39;t arise from an unruly classroom filled with kids who don&#39;t want to learn about ancient Egypt for the third Fall in a row, it&#39;s the parents...</h2><p>Most parents like to believe that their child is a unique and special little angel carved by the heavens to get straight As and effortlessly float through academia, but sometimes teachers have to tell the truth. So, when a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7nv5oz/teachers_whats_the_pettiest_thing_a_parent_has/">Reddit </a>user asked teachers of the internet, &quot;what&#39;s the pettiest thing a parent has complained about?&quot; people were ready to share their horror story from parent-teacher conference from hell.</p><h2>1.</h2><blockquote> <p>...that her child got lice in Elementary school. Apparently it was all my fault that her child got &quot;infected.&quot; This same parent complained to me that I was calling her child by a shortened version of her name (that the child asked me to use) instead of her full name. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/_queen_frostine/">_queen_frostine</a></p> </blockquote><h2>2.</h2><blockquote> <p>I got chewed out for expecting a 12 year old to be able to read an analog clock. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Zporadik/">Zporadik</a></p> </blockquote><h2>3.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;You sent me the same email twice.&quot; Scheduled a conference over this issue. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/___mags___/">___mags___</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4.</h2><blockquote> <p>I once had a parent accuse me and the admins of a conspiracy against her daughter. I had her in my class last period and she always skipped so I always marked her absent. She couldn&#39;t believe that her precious snowflake could be skipping. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/amahler03/">amahler03</a></p> </blockquote><h2>5.</h2><blockquote> <p>I had a parent try to excuse her son&#39;s lack of homework completion as &quot;too hard for little boys.&quot; identifying nouns in a year 9 class. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/kiwispouse/">kiwispouse</a></p> </blockquote><h2>6.</h2><blockquote> <p>Not replacing the novel the entire 9th grade was assigned with a novel more aligned with her Mormon values. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/eowowen/">eowowen</a></p> </blockquote><h2>7.</h2><blockquote> <p>A parent once went to the school district over the fact that I wouldn&#39;t let her come into my class because she wanted to give her daughter a bracelet that would have completed her outfit. This was back when I taught third grade. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/vadavkavoria/">vadavkavoria</a></p> </blockquote><h2>8.</h2><blockquote> <p>I had a parent complain that her kid was wearing a tight spaghetti strap tank top because the kid got hot and took off her sweater. She yelled at me for what she dressed her kid in? - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/inpinktights/">inpinktights</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>9.</h2><blockquote> <p>My mom was accused of doing witchcraft in the classroom when she told her kids a &ldquo;chant&rdquo; to make a snow day. The chant can only be done if snow is in the forecast and the students get all their homework done. The chant is &ldquo;Salami salami bologna let it snow&rdquo; She just wanted her kids to do their homework! - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/tgram24/">tgram24</a></p> </blockquote><h2>10.</h2><blockquote> <p>A parent complained to a teacher when their child fell on the playground and the clothes got muddy and scratched up. They wanted the school to pay for new clothing... - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jabaliini/">jabaliini</a></p> </blockquote><h2>11.</h2><blockquote> <p>The color of red pen I use. Apparently it&#39;s too dark of a red to be considered red, and if i cant do my job properly using the correct red, im unqualified to teach - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ZoidbergBOT/">ZoidbergBOT</a></p> </blockquote><h2>12.</h2><blockquote> <p>The bottom of a &quot;t&quot;. She wanted me to force her daughter to write the letter &quot;t&quot; as it appears in typing. She scheduled a PTA meeting about it. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/cletusvanderbilt/">cletusvanderbilt</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>13.</h2><blockquote> <p>My cousin who teaches Kindergarten had a parent complain to the principal that she was &quot;irresponsible&quot; for being &quot;selfish enough&quot; to have a baby and take maternity leave before the end of the school year. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ARCoati/">ARCoati</a></p> </blockquote><h2>14.</h2><blockquote> <p>Back when I used to teach, I had a parent once complain that my classroom was &#39;too quiet&#39;, and as a consequence her daughter and her peers got too much work done, and they felt it was bad for their daughter&#39;s brain to be learning so much so quickly. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Kumquat-May/">Kumquat-May</a></p> </blockquote><h2>15.</h2><blockquote> <p>I witnessed a parent complaining at the end of a primary school concert that it &quot;wasn&#39;t fair&quot; that their child had no discernable musical talent, and that the school should stop giving instrument lessons to the kids who <em>were</em> keen or talented. I&#39;ve never seen the music teacher genuinely speechless for so long. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/bopeepsheep/">bopeepsheep</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>16.</h2><blockquote> <p>For silly fun at the end of the term I showed an episode of Mr. Bean. He was washing his clothes and pulled a dress out accidentally and put it on. That is what they were mad at, that I was encouraging cross-dressing. They were seniors in High School... - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/plains59/">plains59</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

16 teachers share the pettiest complaint they ever got from a parent.

Being a teacher is not a job for the weak, but the greatest challenges often don&#39;t arise from an unruly classroom filled with kids who don&#39;t want to learn about ancient Egypt for the third Fall in a row, it&#39;s the parents...Most parents like to believe that their child is a unique and special little angel carved by the heavens to get straight As and effortlessly float through academia, but sometimes teachers have to tell the truth. So, when a Reddit user asked teachers of the internet, &quot;what&#39;s the pettiest thing a parent has complained about?&quot; people were ready to share their horror story from parent-teacher conference from hell.1. ...that her child got lice in Elementary school. Apparently it was all my fault that her child got &quot;infected.&quot; This same parent complained to me that I was calling her child by a shortened version of her name (that the child asked me to use) instead of her full name. - _queen_frostine 2. I got chewed out for expecting a 12 year old to be able to read an analog clock. - Zporadik 3. &quot;You sent me the same email twice.&quot; Scheduled a conference over this issue. - ___mags___ 4. I once had a parent accuse me and the admins of a conspiracy against her daughter. I had her in my class last period and she always skipped so I always marked her absent. She couldn&#39;t believe that her precious snowflake could be skipping. - amahler03 5. I had a parent try to excuse her son&#39;s lack of homework completion as &quot;too hard for little boys.&quot; identifying nouns in a year 9 class. - kiwispouse 6. Not replacing the novel the entire 9th grade was assigned with a novel more aligned with her Mormon values. - eowowen 7. A parent once went to the school district over the fact that I wouldn&#39;t let her come into my class because she wanted to give her daughter a bracelet that would have completed her outfit. This was back when I taught third grade. - vadavkavoria 8. I had a parent complain that her kid was wearing a tight spaghetti strap tank top because the kid got hot and took off her sweater. She yelled at me for what she dressed her kid in? - inpinktights 9. My mom was accused of doing witchcraft in the classroom when she told her kids a &ldquo;chant&rdquo; to make a snow day. The chant can only be done if snow is in the forecast and the students get all their homework done. The chant is &ldquo;Salami salami bologna let it snow&rdquo; She just wanted her kids to do their homework! - tgram24 10. A parent complained to a teacher when their child fell on the playground and the clothes got muddy and scratched up. They wanted the school to pay for new clothing... - jabaliini 11. The color of red pen I use. Apparently it&#39;s too dark of a red to be considered red, and if i cant do my job properly using the correct red, im unqualified to teach - ZoidbergBOT 12. The bottom of a &quot;t&quot;. She wanted me to force her daughter to write the letter &quot;t&quot; as it appears in typing. She scheduled a PTA meeting about it. - cletusvanderbilt 13. My cousin who teaches Kindergarten had a parent complain to the principal that she was &quot;irresponsible&quot; for being &quot;selfish enough&quot; to have a baby and take maternity leave before the end of the school year. - ARCoati 14. Back when I used to teach, I had a parent once complain that my classroom was &#39;too quiet&#39;, and as a consequence her daughter and her peers got too much work done, and they felt it was bad for their daughter&#39;s brain to be learning so much so quickly. - Kumquat-May 15. I witnessed a parent complaining at the end of a primary school concert that it &quot;wasn&#39;t fair&quot; that their child had no discernable musical talent, and that the school should stop giving instrument lessons to the kids who were keen or talented. I&#39;ve never seen the music teacher genuinely speechless for so long. - bopeepsheep 16. For silly fun at the end of the term I showed an episode of Mr. Bean. He was washing his clothes and pulled a dress out accidentally and put it on. That is what they were mad at, that I was encouraging cross-dressing. They were seniors in High School... - plains59 

Being a teacher is not a job for the weak, but the greatest challenges often don&#39;t arise from an unruly classroom filled with kids who don&#39;t want to learn about ancient Egypt for the third Fall in a row, it&#39;s the parents... ...