FEATURE: What to do if your child is being disruptive?

IT’S the phone call no parent wants — the teacher rings to say Johnny is disruptive in class, or Jenny is causing difficulties for her classmates.

Despite the understandable worry that you have a problem child, take heart, says family mediator, Fiona McAuslan.

“It happens to more parents than you realise. A lot of successful, healthy adults have been these kids. Try not to see it as a sentence of trouble — simply as a teacher needing your support to tackle something that will ultimately be of benefit to your child.”