Right on the mark.
I’m a parent, not a teacher, and I have no problem with the majority of complaints from teachers about parents.
During parent/teacher conference times, both my husband and I have had far too many teachers tell us “You are not the parents I need to see” for me to believe that lack of parental involvement is not a major problem. With a class of less than 20, and the parent/s of 3 students show up? That’s pretty pathetic.
My daughter and her friend did not ride the bus last year, I drove them both to school every morning and the other girl’s mother picked them up every afternoon. One or the other of us saw one of the girls’ teachers EVERY day. When my friend had to go back to work because her husband had a heart attack and couldn’t work, either he or I picked them up every afternoon, and on his days off, my husband did the drop off or pick up.
I’ve seen first hand, on a daily basis that parents, or lack thereof, and parental involvement are a major problem.