Kyle Blackmer on Building Parent-Teacher Rapport

HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully Alive · Sep 25, 2025 · 38m

In the broader society, mistrust increasingly defines the parent-teacher relationship. But it doesn't have to be this way.

As a Heights parent and seventh grade core teacher, Kyle Blackmer shares a practical vision for sound parent-teacher relationships. It begins with understanding parents and teachers in their true, cooperative roles for a child's good. And it ends with developing real friendship between parents and teachers as they pursue this good together.

Chapters:

1:29 Decline of the parent-teacher relationship

4:51 Parents' true role as primary educators

10:18 How teachers relate to…