> I don't want my child to view their teacher as an authority figure who cannot be questioned and cannot make a mistake. I have a boss at work who I respect. H

> I don't want my child to view their teacher as an authority figure who cannot be questioned and cannot make a mistake. I have a boss at work who I respect. However, if he throws a mysql query on the board with an error you bet I'll point it out right to his face. It is human to err, and he does it to. But the attitudes of parents described in this article indicates that they do not expect their kids to respect their teachers. This would sort of be like my boss asking me to do something and me saying no. Except in very odd circumstances, this behaviour would be totally inappropriate on my part. I would expect my children to treat teachers with respect. Of course they may occasionally question the accuracy of a teacher's statements but the teacher is in charge in the classroom; I would expect my child to understand that and I would never demean a teacher's authority in front of my child.