When Parents Go Over Your Head | Let’s Talk About Behavior | POLLY BATH

Date: November 16th, 2025

When you feel disrespected by parents, here’s how you can respond.

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Ask Polly Bath: Lying in Kindergarten?

Date: April 26th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “Any advice on how to handle young children (kindergarten age) who habitually lie?”

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Change Your Perspective on THAT Kid!

Date: March 12th, 2025

Can you change your perspective on THAT kid to see past their behaviors?

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Ask Polly Bath: “I Dream of Changing Careers!”

Date: October 13th, 2024

Polly answers the question: “I’m challenged by the tone, attitude, and entitlement of some of my students. One week I feel like I am successfully managing it all then the next week I dream of changing careers. Can you help?”

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Ask Polly Bath: Behaviors Behind My Back!

Date: August 18th, 2024

Polly answers the question: “When I am writing on the board someone will whistle but then I turn around and everyone acts innocent. This drives me crazy! How can I deal with this kind of behavior?”

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Ask Polly Bath: Kids Using Inappropriate Humor to get Attention?

Date: July 20th, 2024

Polly answers the question: “Any time my lessons involve vocabulary such as ‘the wind breaks’ or words that rhyme with something crude, my 7th graders start snickering and saying inappropriate things like ‘she said break wind!’ or ‘she said fart!’ This drives me nuts. Any ideas?”

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Are You Making a Difference?

Date: May 13th, 2024

Many teachers tell me how frustrated, emotional, and upset they are over their jobs. Why? Because they wonder if they’re actually making a difference.

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Side Conversations in Class!

Date: April 3rd, 2024

Have you ever been teaching a class and kids are having side conversations? Of course, we’ve all had that happen. How do you handle it?

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Are You Angry?

Date: March 13th, 2024

I’ve talked a lot about how to deal with kids’ anger, but adults get angry too!

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I Didn’t Do Anything!

Date: January 24th, 2024

You tell a kid to stop immediately and they respond with, “I didn’t do anything!”

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