{"id":104,"date":"2025-09-22T21:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/22\/former-teacher-gets-brutally-honest-about-the-denial-some-parents-have-about-their-kids-education-ex1\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T21:41:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:41:00","slug":"former-teacher-gets-brutally-honest-about-the-denial-some-parents-have-about-their-kids-education-ex1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/22\/former-teacher-gets-brutally-honest-about-the-denial-some-parents-have-about-their-kids-education-ex1\/","title":{"rendered":"Former teacher gets brutally honest about the &#8216;denial&#8217; some parents have about their kids&#8217; education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many kids are seriously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/mom-shares-first-graders-second-day-of-school-homework-and-parents-agree-its-excessive-ex1\" target=\"_self\">struggling<\/a> in school. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/education-news\/articles\/2023-02-09\/new-data-shows-that-just-as-many-students-are-behind-grade-level-as-last-year\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>US News<\/em><\/a>, an estimated 49% of public school students started off the 2022-2023 school year behind in at least one subject compared to the previous year, which saw 50% of students behind. While that&#8217;s an improvement of 1%, it&#8217;s not enough to show that kids are getting back on the right track.<\/p><p>While there are several factors contributing to this issue\u2014the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/something-shifted-since-covid-high-school-teacher-shares-the-reason-why-hes-quitting\" target=\"_self\">effects of the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/whatsnew\/press_releases\/7_18_2024.asp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lack of resources<\/a> for many public schools, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/why-teachers-are-quitting-ex1\" target=\"_self\">teacher shortage<\/a>\u2014several educators feel that a majorly overlooked aspect is parents involvement, or lack thereof, in their child\u2019s education.<\/p><p>Recently, one former teacher bluntly stated that it was parents&#8217; \u201cdenial\u201d that\u2019s to blame. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bodacious_bobo\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Odion<\/a>, who now works as a flight attendant, made her case in response to another teacher&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@qbthedon\/video\/7280580971131358506\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a> asking parents why they&#8217;re unaware that their children are underperforming for their grade level.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@qbthedon\/video\/7280580971131358506\" data-video-id=\"7280580971131358506\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@qbthedon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@qbthedon?refer=embed\">@qbthedon<\/a> <p>Lets chat!! <a title=\"fyp\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"viral\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/viral?refer=embed\">#viral<\/a> <a title=\"teachertok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/teachertok?refer=embed\">#teachertok<\/a> <\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - QBSkiiii\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7280580989770812202?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; QBSkiiii<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n                    <p>In the original video, user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@qbthedon?referer_url=www.upworthy.com%2Fr%2Fentryeditor%2F2666874384%23publish&amp;refer=embed&amp;embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121477481%2C121351166%2C121487028%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121494655%3Bnull%3Bembed_masking&amp;referer_video_id=7280580971131358506\" target=\"_self\">@qbthedon<\/a> laments that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/teaching-learning\/teachers-say-older-kids-need-help-with-basic-reading-skills-too\/2024\/08\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">7th grade students still perform at a 4th grade level<\/a>, and, despite his efforts, those kids still move onto the next grade even though they&#8217;re not ready. The worst part is that the parents don\u2019t seem to be aware that their kids are extremely behind.<\/p><p>This lack of awareness and engagement dates back further than the pandemic years, says Odion, who taught Pre-K and Kindergarten in 2013.<\/p><p>Case in point: parent-teacher conference nights, where virtually no parent would show up. Odion then recalled one father who did attend with his daughter, called Tia for the story, but would not believe that Tia did not know the full alphabet.<\/p><p>&#8220;In kindergarten, you have to at least know, I think it was 80% of the 52 letters, as in uppercase and lowercase, and you have to be able to identify at random. So, I&#8217;m telling the dad that she barely knows 10 letters. And he&#8217;s in denial. &#8216;Nah, you know, she knows her letters,'&#8221; Odion says.<\/p><p>She then acts out that night, using a makeshift flashcard like she did to test Tia.<\/p><p>&#8220;I literally said, &#8216;What letter is this?&#8217;\u201d Odion says while holding up the letter \u201cM.\u201d \u201cShe said something that&#8217;s not it. Put another one down. &#8216;What letter is this?&#8217; She don&#8217;t know it.&#8221;<\/p><p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">        <figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-34720.png\" alt=\"education, teachers, parenting, parental involvement, TikTok, viral video, school, academic performance, learning gap, teacher stories\" \/><figcaption>A teacher holds up a piece of paper while speaking on camera  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bodacious_bobo\/video\/7281457957622140203?embed_source=121374463%2C121351166%2C71838017%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_pause_share&#038;refer=embed&#038;referer_url=dk79lclgtez2i.cloudfront.net%2FLRsDqKd%3Fapp%3D1%26v%3D1%26img%3D1%26lazy%3D1&#038;referer_video_id=7281457957622140203\" rel=\"nofollow\">@bodacious.bobo\/TikTok<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>                        <\/p>            <p>Still, the dad insisted that Tia knew her letters. Eventually, he blamed Tia\u2019s older brother, who, despite only being a sixth grader himself, was \u201csupposed to teach her.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cIt is not up to a child in elementary school, or middle school, or really any of your older kids, as someone who&#8217;s an older child&#8230; It is not up to the kids to teach younger kids,\u201d Odion says in the clip.<\/p><p>Using another example, Odion states that a fifth grader in her class was reading at a kindergarten level and could only process basic sentences like \u201cI see you\u201d and \u201cI like to see.\u201d<\/p><p>In this instance, the students should be held back in order to fully learn the year\u2019s curriculum. But Odion argues that parents fight against it because &#8220;they are more concerned about the optics of a child being held back than actually taking care of the child&#8217;s needs.&#8221;<\/p><p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">        <figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-34721.png\" alt=\"education, teachers, parenting, parental involvement, TikTok, viral video, school, academic performance, learning gap, teacher stories\" \/><figcaption>Hotel stationary with the words   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bodacious_bobo\/video\/7281457957622140203?embed_source=121374463%2C121351166%2C71838017%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_pause_share&#038;refer=embed&#038;referer_url=dk79lclgtez2i.cloudfront.net%2FLRsDqKd%3Fapp%3D1%26v%3D1%26img%3D1%26lazy%3D1&#038;referer_video_id=7281457957622140203\" rel=\"nofollow\">@bodacious.bobo\/TikTok<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>                        <\/p>            <p>In this instance, the students should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.understood.org\/en\/articles\/retention-why-kids-are-held-back\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">held back<\/a> in order to fully learn the year\u2019s curriculum. But Odion argues that parents fight against it \u201cbecause they are more concerned about the optics of a child being held back than actually taking care of the child&#8217;s needs.&#8221;<\/p><p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatschools.org\/gk\/articles\/repeating-a-grade-2\/#:~:text=In%20the%20last%2040%20years,of%20a%20student%20dropping%20out.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">research<\/a> shows that holding kids back a grade <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/ed\/2017\/07\/10\/535625718\/new-study-holding-kids-back-doesn-t-hold-them-back\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">does improve<\/a> their academic performance by granting them more time, there are still significant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.understood.org\/articles\/repeating-a-grade-pros-and-cons\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pros and cons<\/a> to consider. In other words, being held back might not be the best solution for every struggling child. The biggest point Odion seems to be trying to make is that in addition to teachers and administrators, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnegie.org\/our-work\/article\/education-success-starts-with-family-involvement-why-arent-donors-funding-it\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">parents need to be more proactive in their child\u2019s education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bodacious_bobo\/video\/7281457957622140203\" data-video-id=\"7281457957622140203\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@bodacious_bobo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bodacious_bobo?refer=embed\">@bodacious_bobo<\/a> <p><a title=\"stitch\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/stitch?refer=embed\">#stitch<\/a> with @QBSkiiii if these children are our future, we should all be terrified<\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Odion | Nigerian Naysayer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7281458029609519915?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Odion | Nigerian Naysayer<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n                    <p>&#8220;Parents, y&#8217;all can&#8217;t be backseat drivers about your child&#8217;s learning. You have to help reinforce it at home. You put a kid in front of that phone or iPad whenever they come home, it better be on YouTube, and it better be learning about letters and sight words. You can&#8217;t tell me you can&#8217;t read to the kid. It takes 10 minutes to read to the kid. No one is that busy,\u201d she concludes.<\/p><p><em>This article originally appeared earlier this year.<\/em> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re more concerned about the optics\u2026than about taking care of the child&#8217;s needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":187608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alternative_headline":"","alternative_description":"","alternative_featured_image":0,"rkv_announcement":{"visible":true},"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"partner_boost":false,"hide_partner_badge":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[205,656],"tags":[1339,351,1340,1341,328,1265,1203,1342,314,315,1343],"sponsor":[],"rkv-people-shadow":[134,216],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-teachers","tag-academic-performance","tag-education","tag-learning-gap","tag-parental-involvement","tag-parenting","tag-past-events","tag-school","tag-teacher-stories","tag-teachers","tag-tiktok","tag-viral-video"],"edit_link":null,"apple_news_notices":[],"rkv_author":{"id":134,"name":"Gemma Davison","display_name":"Gemma Davison","first_name":"","last_name":"","nickname":"","url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/gemma-davison\/","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/gemma-davison\/","description":"Gemma Davidson is a former Research Scientist with a degree in Applied Biology. 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