Parents can be supportive of suspicions. They can be helpful to the teacher, or are in need of help themselves. Sometimes, I 1. ______ think parents are too hard to their children. I have seen many 2. ______ parents of this kind. I often have the problem of parents coming in and telling me what they really treat their kids. They tell me that 3. ______ they usually stand over their kids when they do their homework. They check their work and make big fuss over the grades. They 4. ______ criticize the kids over everything having to do with school. My response usually is: "Well, you know, he is really a good kid. He is fine in my class. Maybe you should not be too strict with them." 5. ______ We want parents to realize the fact that teachers are professors at working with children. They have observed many 6. ______ children and many parents. Because of this, and because of their specialized training, teachers can be realistic about children. Teachers know whether parents want their children to do well and 7. ______ to behave well. But teachers know less what children should be 8. ______ able to do at different ages and stages. They don’t expect the 3-year-old to do the work that can only be done by the 12-year-old. Parents, in the contrary, often expect their children to do 9. ______ what is usually beyond their age and ability. Obviously, this may make great harm to the children’s development. 10. ______