Q. What awkward parent situations have you encountered?
'One dad came to pick up his child and the little boy was in a pink tutu. The dad freaked. We tried to explain it was the child's choice but he had none of it. He started shouting and yanked the tutu off.'
'We always have parents who come late - gone 6 o'clock, it's the usual children who are still there. It's usually the parents who really want lengthy handover conversations who turn up at 6.10pm.'
'One parent wanted to know what kind of education people had, not training but school grades. Another wanted to choose their child's keyworker because of their grammar and handwriting, irrespective of training - she just thought this girl was posh.'
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