I am bringing this threadin from a forum I used to help run.
How do the instructors here deal with Moma Bear Syndrome. You kow the mothers that think their kid can do no wrong, encourages them to hit the other kids hard and the goes ballistic when their precious little darling get tagged back. The school I train at has this, we have a 160 pound 10 year old that loves to bully the other kids, his mother shouts for him to hit the other kids when sparring, and if her her precious gets hit back half as hard as he hits she gors nuts screaming at the other child, their parents and the school owner.
Last sparring class she was shouting away and I warned her to be quiet when she did not I disqualified her child. To say she went ballistic was a mild understatement. She threatened to pull her child from class if I assisted the childrens classes anymore. The sad thing is the guy who owns the school is really hurting to keep the school open with the economy in the area. I have no problem not teaching the kids classes anymore but, I hate her thinking she has that kind of power at the school.
My first thought is pull the money together to buy out the schoo just so I can show her the door. I have also thought of paying the monthly tutition that all the other students except me pay(because I teach as much as the school owner)and going in to teach the next klids class to see what she will do. My third idea is just lay the ultimatium to the owner of the school, he can bow to her and let her control the kids class, and I find another place to train or he can tell to shut up, and maybe her kid won't turn out to be such a putz if he has to doas he is told.
How would you handle this situation?
How do the instructors here deal with Moma Bear Syndrome. You kow the mothers that think their kid can do no wrong, encourages them to hit the other kids hard and the goes ballistic when their precious little darling get tagged back. The school I train at has this, we have a 160 pound 10 year old that loves to bully the other kids, his mother shouts for him to hit the other kids when sparring, and if her her precious gets hit back half as hard as he hits she gors nuts screaming at the other child, their parents and the school owner.
Last sparring class she was shouting away and I warned her to be quiet when she did not I disqualified her child. To say she went ballistic was a mild understatement. She threatened to pull her child from class if I assisted the childrens classes anymore. The sad thing is the guy who owns the school is really hurting to keep the school open with the economy in the area. I have no problem not teaching the kids classes anymore but, I hate her thinking she has that kind of power at the school.
My first thought is pull the money together to buy out the schoo just so I can show her the door. I have also thought of paying the monthly tutition that all the other students except me pay(because I teach as much as the school owner)and going in to teach the next klids class to see what she will do. My third idea is just lay the ultimatium to the owner of the school, he can bow to her and let her control the kids class, and I find another place to train or he can tell to shut up, and maybe her kid won't turn out to be such a putz if he has to doas he is told.
How would you handle this situation?