The education reform's ideal of "dismantling the authoritarian structure of the education system," has resulted in a growth in parents 'influence in recent years. Many teachers feel that even though parents can provide support in terms of instructional resources, parent-teacher interaction can be mixed. Often, a powerful parental minority can be enough to cause teachers to retreat.
在「打破教育威權體制」的教改思潮影響下，近年家長教育權高漲，不少老師認為，家長進入校園雖然可以挹助教育資源，但親師互動結果優劣參半，往往少數強勢家長的干預，就足以令老師退避三舍。