I take my daughter to a parent participation preschool. The parents stay and the parents are expected to help out either the teacher or watch the kids. We all work hard except for this one lady who sits on her cell phone and chats the whole time. I don't know the other parents very well so I don't know how they feel about it but I think it really stinks. The preschool teacher just ignores it. When the teacher asks for volunteers for something, the cell phone lady never raises her hand. I wonder if the teacher is afraid of offending the parent or something. Should I talk to her and say it isn't fair or should I just let it go? Has anyone experienced anything like this?
I meant should I talk to the teacher about it.

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Bringing it up to the teacher might put the teacher in an awkward spot. Bringing it up to the parent might even be more of an issue.

I don't know exactly how the classroom is set up, but I'm wondering if you can take an indirect route. Invite her child and your child to do a work together with you. Let them decide what it is. The mother will probably see what she's missing out on and want to join in. If not, it is her loss.

As far as people suggesting seeing if the school requires a certain amount of time to actually interact with the child, I wouldn't do that either. These things only work for the parent if they WANT to spend the time there...not if they HAVE to.

I don't have experience in this type of school. So my feeling may change if someone that does have this type of experience says something different. But that's my 2 cents.

Matt

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Just ignore her. Enjoy your time with your child .
It's her loss... and sadly her childs.

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I would say just ignore her. If she doesn't want to be involved in something her child does than just let her be, she's the one who is missing out. I wouldn't say to her it's not fair she's not helping because you're really only doing this for your child not anyone elses. Maybe you can just mention that it is a preschool that parents participate in and if she has no intention of participating she should think about taking her child to a different one.

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