Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Worried Parents I have received a few emails from parents concerning their children. The children that they are concerned about are the ones that are well behaved and have outstanding grades. I have high expectations for my students but I feel that the parents are being a bit over-bearing by being concerned about a 90% on a test. It is a wonderful thing that they are involved and expect perfect scores but I am struggling with how I am going to say, "your child is doing fine" without offending them. I feel that they will disagree with me and continue to worry. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I had a very similar experience to yours this week during student led conferences in which parents asked me to explain their child's progress rather than listening to their child. Encourage parents to talk to their children about how they are being challenged in your class. If students are making 95-100 consistently they probably aren't being challenged and run the risk of becoming bored in class because they do not have to work as hard. I feel that what you have said to parents is appropriate and that to an extent some parents who worry will always find something to worry about. Keep contact with them to let them know what their child is doing well and how they can push them to exceed.