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When teachers were asked to tell us their most ridiculous stories about dealing with difficult parents, these were their responses. Enjoy! Tell us your most astonishing parent-teacher meeting stories, to be featured in a future blog!

1.Parent: Why were you gone so long? Me: My father passed away my mom needed my help. Parent: yeah but six days? Me: It's an 8 hour drive one way to get to their home.

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3.She wanted to bring her Halloween candy to school, and I didn't know what to do, so I figured you'd handle it.

4.After being called every horrible name and curse word in the book, a parent said

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8.One parent sent me a message asking if I thought we would have a snow day the next day. Um? Now I have to be Mother Nature on top of everything else?

9.I once had a parent suggest I get a stripper pole installed to get his son's attention.

10. I had a parent call my principal to report me because she left a voicemail on my classroom phone at 8:30 pm and I didn't call back that night.

11.High school students parent. My son had a hard time getting up in the morning I don't think you should mark him tardy. Parent also filed a complaint with the principal. Principal was laughing when he told me and tossed it in the trash.

12.I had a parent complain for months that my Kindergarten wasn't challenging her child enough and that it should be more academic.

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15.My teaching partner and I had grandmother, who was mad at us, tell us she was just going to pray for us. I told her

16.Thought one of my students was sort of troublesome on occasions. I met his family and I became so impressed by his ability to function on any level.

17.Had a mom yell at me because I didn't tell her son

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19.Parent: You need to give students candy so they'll be motivated to learn.

20.I had a parent threaten to kill me because I made her son clean up the paint he spilled on the floor in art class.

21.I had an extremely difficult parent tell the director about me

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23.After having a student call their parent in class because of his refusal to give me his cell phone or complete his work, his mother insisted that I apologize to her son in front of the entire class.

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Do you have some mind-blowing stories about dealing with your students’ parents, too? Let us know in the comments!