Second-grade teacher Vicki Kreidel considered resigning this spring because interactions with parents each week left her feeling increasingly demoralized and inadequate. For 21 years, the southern Nevada teacher had enjoyed productive conversations with parents when she alerted them to academic or behavioral issues with their children, but in the wake of the pandemic, many of her students and their parents seemed to disregard civility norms. Children were yelling at one another and name-calling; parents accused her of biases against their children and anonymously reported her to the principal. Kreidel sometimes suffered from panic attacks after work, and the stress intensified her symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.
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