How to work with well-meaning but demanding moms and dads.

Written by Susan Gregory Thomas

Not long ago, administrators at a small private school in New York City were reorganizing two mixed-grade elementary classrooms. Looking at the third grade, they determined that one girl was particularly well suited to switch from one class to the other: She was adaptable and genial and loved working with teachers and friends. The administrators called the girl’s mother, assuming she would be flattered.

Wrong. The mother was distraught: Her daughter had started at the school only last year! She would be leaving friends in the other classroom! She had enrolled her daughter in private school for its stability and intimacy — not for disruption! The administrators didn’t understand what had been happening at home!

The mother, in tears, needed to have a conference — now. Educators were stunned. Who was this mother?

That would be me, and here’s why: I am a Generation X parent, a member of a demographic that has been making teachers’ and school administrators’ jobs a pain in the butt for more than a decade.

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