I am a teacher.

YOU are the parent.

I have your child for 6-7 hours a day.

YOU have your child for the other 17-18 hours.

I have your child from Monday to Friday.

YOU have your child on the weekends.

I have your child from August to June.

YOU have your child for Summer break, Winter break, and Spring break.

I teach your child reading, writing, math, science, and social studies.

YOU should be teaching them morals and values, and respect for others and themselves.

I have classroom rules.

YOU should be reinforcing these rules at home.

I punish your child when they do the wrong thing.

YOU should remind them what is right and wrong, and discourage them from bad behavior.

I grade your child on their performance and help them when I am able to.

YOU need to help them when they need help or tutoring after school.

I observe your child. I see what their problems are over time. I do research. I may suggest your child be tested for ESE after consulting the ESE teacher.

YOU need to realize that your child may need help. No one is perfect. Not even your baby.

I take your child to lunch.

YOU have to feed them dinner.

I provide instruction and keep your child awake.

YOU need to put them to bed at night so they are ready for tomorrow.

I provide a safe learning environment.

YOU need to provide a safe home environment.

When you blame a teacher for your child's attitude, you need to look back at yourself.

When you blame a teacher for your child's grades, you need to look back at yourself.

When you blame a teacher for your child's anything, you need to look back at yourself.

I am a teacher.

I do everything in my power to help your child grow and prosper.

I teach your child a lot of the things they need to know and learn in order to grow up.

But I only have them for 6-7 hours a day.

I only have them for 5 days a week.

I do not live with your child.

I do not feed your child.

I do not put them to sleep at night.

I can only be so much for your child.

I have been called many things.

Babysitter.

Caregiver.

Parent #3.

But I am a teacher.