You send your children off to school and put them in the teacher's hands. Did you ever wonder what goes through a teacher's mind as he or she tries to teach your kids? Did you ever wonder how the __1__ teacher expects from you, the parent? Parents can be supportive or suspicious. Then can be help to __2__ the teacher , or be in need of help themselves. Some teachers think parents are too hard with their children. __3__ Here is how one teacher puts:" I usually have the __4__ problem of parents coming in and telling me how they really treat the kids.They tell me they stand by __5__ them when they do their homework. They check their work and get a big fuss over grades. The criticize __6_ the kids over everything having to do with the school. __7__ My response usually is‘Well, you know, he is really a good kid. He's fine in my class. Maybe you should not be so that strict with him.’" Teachers want parents __8__ to know they are professional at working with children. They have observed many children and parents .Because of this, and because of their specialised training,teachers can be realistic to children. Teachers know __9__ that parents want their children to do well and to behave well. The teachers want this, either. But they know what __10__ children should be able to do at different ages and stages.They expect 8-year-old work and behavior from 8-year-olds and 12-year-old work and behavior from 12-year-olds.