What Should You Do If You Disagree With Your Child's Teacher?

When Alabama parent Jessica Baughn discovered that her child's sixth grade class did a re-enactment of the killing of unarmed Ferguson Teen Michael Brown by white officer Darren Wilson, she blasted the teacher on Facebook. The teacher is now suspended without pay. Should parents use social media to reprimand teachers? In most cultures teachers are highly respected authorities and the classroom is the kingdom where they reign supreme. But in America, relationships between teachers and parents are too often confrontational. Teachers blame parents for failing to teach their children respect for adults and parents blame teachers for not being able to make their child learn. If you're a teacher, you're probably fed up with confrontational parents who won't take the responsibility for creating the right home environment for the child. If you're a parent, you're probably frustrated with teachers who don't seem to like their jobs and also don't seem to like your child. How does a parent disagree with a teacher without being disagreeable? How do we learn to work together for the benefit of the children?