Sorry you had bad experiences with teachers. But I grew up with a emotionally abusive mom and had mostly good experiences with adults who weren't my family. I strongly think that children having a variety of close relationships with adults outside their family can help mitigate abuse, by increasing the likelihood of disclosure and showing a child what a healthy relationship with an adult looks like. I've talked with plenty of other people with parental trauma who agree that some degree of lessening parental domination of children by increasing the number of non-relative adults in their life is good and healthy for kids.
That said, the kind of absolute power that teachers have in classrooms to do that kind of thing that you experience does need to be changed as well. For one thing, I don't think a single adult should be in charge of classrooms.
Sorry you had bad experiences with teachers. But I grew up with a emotionally abusive mom and had mostly good experiences with adults who weren't my family. I strongly think that children having a variety of close relationships with adults outside their family can help mitigate abuse, by increasing the likelihood of disclosure and showing a child what a healthy relationship with an adult looks like. I've talked with plenty of other people with parental trauma who agree that some degree of lessening parental domination of children by increasing the number of non-relative adults in their life is good and healthy for kids.
That said, the kind of absolute power that teachers have in classrooms to do that kind of thing that you experience does need to be changed as well. For one thing, I don't think a single adult should be in charge of classrooms.