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What? What filter lense are you wearing? Where have I ever once said put blind faith in teachers? Where have I ever said put no faith in parents? You are letting your ideological blinders put ideas in your head that are not written or implied.

You are the one describing parents style as know it all, cramming it down their throats, not enough patience, etc. You have been highly critical of parents abilities to teach. Certainly I have my biases too, but admit yours. I taught my daughter to read and basic math prior to her going to school. I review her homework nightly. I think it is insultive for anyone to suggest what I can and can't teach my daughter. I know her and care about her more than anyone, including her teachers, and am more than qualified to help her as I see fit.

Please, you are reading things are not written! I have never said all parents cram things down childrens throats! Where do you get this? I have stated that few people are good teachers, and I do believe that, I have not in the least limited that assertion to only parents.

I have stated that taking someone learning something one way and then introducing a different way to them in the middle is often confusing and frustrating to the student... that is all. I never said all parents do it, nor implied they did. Agreeing with the premise that a student can get confused by too many different and disparaging teaching methods being thrown at them for the same concept is not in any way critical of parents.. its simply fact of the human existence, the vast majority of students get confused and frustrated given that situation.

You are creating things in your own mind that are not said, are not implied and are not written. Your precreated bias that all teachers are bad has caused you to frankly read something that isn't being said or typed.

NO one has questions that you love and care about your children, I don't know what field that is coming out of. No one here said you "can't" teach your daughter... you really do need to switch to decaff, none of that has ever been implied by me here, at least not by me.

All I have ever said is that it is very difficult for a student to take 2 or more disparaging concepts at the same time on the same matter and not get confused. Some kids can, no problem, but most can't. If you are working on the premise that all teachers are not out to teach, there is nothing anyone can say that is going to make a damn bit of difference to you. However to imply that as a whole is just nonsense, if the end goal is to have an articulate and educated child, and your child is attending school, then the parents and the teacher should be working together toward that goal.

If your goal is simply to play ego chicken with a teacher using your child as a pawn in the middle then hey, more power to you. I certainly can say that is not my goal or what I view the purpose of my childs education to be.