What should you do if your child is having problems with their teacher?

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Should your child come home claiming that the teacher hates me" do not just ignore the comment; discuss sympathetically with your child to situation in order to get at the facts. It may be true that children exaggerate, and the teacher may be having a particularly bad day. Also there are personality conflicts which can exist between children and adults. In any event your child requires your help and your support. What ever you do do not storm into the classroom. First write a note politely asking for a meeting and indicating what you do is you want to discuss with the teacher. In the meeting you should focus on identifying your child's particular problem and try to solve it but do not focus on what you might consider the teacher is doing wrong. It might also be a good idea to have a child present at least during a part of your meeting. At this point if the situation and still does not get after you might ask to see the school counselor or even the principal. Should you decide to simply drop the whole thing make sure your child knows that you are backing off for the purposes of letting the dust settle and listening time pass to see if things naturally get better. If within a reasonable amount of time the situation is not improved don't give up. Start the process over again until it is resolved according to your and your child's satisfaction.