If you are tutoring, then definitely you would’ve
experienced high-pressure parents. There
would be times when parents tend to be more difficult to handle than
children. Tutors would tend to be
stressed out, not from the tutees, but the parents of the students that they
handle.
As a tutor, you would have to realize that giving tutees
their lessons and helping them catch up with regular classes, are not their
only responsibility. It is also the responsibility of tutors to help children
come up with study habits and skills that would help them ease out the
pressures of having high academic standing.
Children, mostly, would feel the pressures from their
parents. As tutors, you could also help
the tutees manage stress and deal with the pressure. You are not just providing
supplemental education. Because you are
dealing with children, it is necessary to provide support especially if there
are tell-tale signs that children are struggling with stress and pressure.
As a tutor, you could also do some ways of handling stress
of your own. High-pressure and
overbearing parents could be a really stressing sometimes. There are ways which you can handle parents
of your tutees.
• Set expectations and goals in the beginning.
When setting expectations, make sure that it is something
that both child and parents participate and agree on. Parents want to see their children excelling
or performing well and above average.
That is why they hire tutors, you will be providing supplemental
information therefore increase the depth of the child’s knowledge.
But you would have to manage these expectations. You need to help parents set realistic goals.
Coming up with realistic goals will actually eliminate any future
conflicts. When setting goals, you would
need to base it on the status of the child and how fast he can improve or
progress.
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