What do you feel about student led parent teacher conferences?

You can’t mean that. If you do, then why are the teachers included?

It doesn’t seem helpful. Most kids would just say stuff like mmmmm and uhhhhh. They would never own up to (or even realize) where they needed help. That’s what the teachers need to tell the parents.

Are you serious? (The thumping you hear is my head on the wall.)
Why have a meeting at all? They can talk at home, right?
Parents come in to talk and listen to a professional who usually spends more time with their kid than the parents are able to. You can alert them to any cudos or concerns about their child. They ask questions. Or want advice. Kids at home do not act the same at school. Teachers of younger kids can spot problems some parents are unaware of occurance.
Eye problems, hearing, attention differences in various areas, indicators of physical conditions. Fantastic talents in areas not used at home, wonderful gifts that every kid has.
Student led?
Snort.
Older student’s parents have heard information about their kids for 9–10 years. But there is so much more to who their kid is growing to become. Handling challenges. Life situations. Living skills. What the students are thinking with some of their imput writing. Again, how great a kid can be or already is.
This isn’t like a kid playing piano for their parent’s friends at a party.

Ok, ok. Experience in this- know that the pendulums in education swing back and forth continuing to infinity. Keeps state education workers employed and politicians have something to condemn.

I always went to my childrens’ parent-teacher conferences. Particularly when they were younger it was a good way to connect with their teacher and make sure we were both on the same page. When my children were older, I found them less useful. As @Kardamom said, my children didn’t really talk a lot, despite being given opportunities. In a number of cases, they made me very aware of how unaware the teachers were about my children’s engagement. They’d tell me how well they were doing, when I was quite aware they were coasting and not putting in much effort. I remember saying this to one teacher and he said because my son was bright and not failing, I should be happy with that. That he was bored and not involved didn’t bother the teacher at all. Overall, they could be much more useful, but my experience is teachers are going through the motions in many cases.

If where you live and the teachers are offering little to the dialogue of a parent/teacher conference even though it is the student who is tasked with leading the meeting…I would petition to have that teacher relegated to strictly to recess monitor if even that.

I love it when my kids get to lead the parent/teacher discussions as it allows them a very important opportunity to advocate for themselves. That said it then is then incumbent upon us as the parents and equally as important for the teacher to put matters into proper perspective for our child/student to best understand and appreciate whatever it is we discuss and the goals set in place for their educational future.

These “meetings” should be like a doubles tennis match. All players need to hit the ball. If either one is doing all the hitting.. it’s a waste of time. And, coincidentally, a horrid tennis match.

I think it can be productive in some situations. If the child is having some troubles with school, the child being able to lead the conversation might be more inclined to buy into what ever solution is agreed upon and follow through.

I never heard of this, didn’t know it was a trend. It seems to defeat the purpose.

Teachers can moderate the education and especially caring the world provide for the children, and since children r young, volunerable and almost unable to help themselves at a young age, teacher can step in if the child has parents that are relatively unable to love.
It’s hard to change a parent, though, yet we have to try

Well, if the kid’s input is balanced with the parent’s and teacher’s input, I think it’s a good thing.

What information can be provided on where and how this is working?