My Mom Said it Was Okay
I had a student/parent duo that I couldn’t stand. The child was helpless because her mother babied her so much. All year everything I said was wrong. Once when she was in trouble, the kid literally told me that she didn’t care because her mom said it was OK to get in trouble in my class.
She said that the behaviors I deemed bad weren’t actually bad. On the last day of school, we had an awards ceremony. The mom was mad that her kid wasn’t getting an award, so she said she wasn’t going to send her to school that day.
Therefore, I told all the kids that if they didn’t come to school that day they wouldn’t get the amazing gifts I was planning on giving out along with their memory books.
There was no amazing gift; it was a bag of junk. I just wanted to force her hand as a matter of principle. She actually showed up! Story credit: Reddit / luvs2meow