Dealing with rude, abusive parents a common challenge, say school security officers

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SINGAPORE — When Mr Tang, not his real name, a 67-year-old security guard, refused to allow a parent to enter the school with her child’s forgotten homework, he was shouted at and called “dumb”.

But it was school policy that parents were not allowed into the school with their child’s forgotten items during class time, he added.

The reports received via the app, which has been downloaded about 900 times to date, have been routed to the union’s mediation service for follow-up. Mr Siva, not his real name, a former security guard of a school in Punggol, who now works at a condominium, recalled an incident several years ago on results collection day for a national examination, where he was berated by a parent for not allowing him to park in the school compound.want to park in the school but we cannot let because that’s the instruction . He got very angry. He wanted to bang me ,” he said. “But I just brought down the barrier. No need to argue.

“But towards my elder or senior colleagues, the parents behave even more ostentatiously as look easy toMr Lim, 67, a security officer who has been working at different public schools for six years, has witnessed many occasions when parents simply ignored the security guards or treat them with disrespect.

Mr Rahmat, who retired last month, added that in the 12 years he worked as a security guard, he has been chastised and called disparaging names many times but never lodged a report. “I was also a guard at a nightclub area before, so had dealt with many of such . But never have people retaliated physically against me before like this,” she added.Security firms interviewed by TODAY said security officers have long faced abuse, especially older officers.

 

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They just doing their jobs and follow the school rules and being part of parents must also educate their children not forgetting things to bring to sch as alredy provide sch timetable.. parents you are the mirror of your child...✌️

Most often, the apple won't fall far from the tree. Wither the new generation?

Always 2 sides in a story because dealing with stupid security officers is likely a common chalenge for many parents. These one-sided articles painting one side in black and one side in white are not journalism.

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