True story: Last year, we were called to a parent-teacher conference at my then 1st grade daughter's private school. Every one of my kid's teachers showed up, and you could tell from the tone of the meeting that they had circled the wagons. Long story short, they were moving our daughter from AP to grade level reading (although she remained in AP math).
It was obvious that they expected us to go ballistic. My wife and I looked at each other, then said , "OK. You know her capabilities best." They were truly surprised that we didn't pitch a hissy fit. Apparently most parents at this school not only believe their children are nothing but little angels, but each one of them is a Little Einstein and woe to anyone who tells them any different.
BTW, it was the best academic thing that could have happened to her. She's now a straight A student and not stressed out by trying to keep up with stuff that's over her head. And one of the teachers took us aside one day, and told us that we're considered "the good ones" (sets of parents) by the teachers.
Great outcome. We're "good ones", too. Unfortunately, one side-effect is sometimes teachers become more willing to discipline your child than others that need it more (easier to discipline the ones it works with).
My wife is a teacher and gets flack from parents who think their child is Gifted/Talented or Accelerated.
Yet the child is not doing their homework, not bringing in completed assignments and basically failing. The parents claim that her curriculum is too hard. So they scream and cry to the administration. Come to find out that all of this comes about because the parent DOES NOT HAVE ANYMORE PERSONAL TIME because they are havingto help their child because they are slacking.
So, they are trying to blame my wife for piling in all the work. The parent is also still enabling their child with the notion that because their father died over 5 years ago, it is still alright to 'play that card' when situations don't go their way at school. They try and play on the sympathies of the other teachers administrators.