Teachers with their own child in class, what do the peas say

NO!!

I was there the first day of kindergarten when a dear teacher friend of mine had to calmly pry her daughter off of her leg and lead her to her own, different kindergarten classroom.

Surprisingly, that kid grew up just fine.

It depends a lot on the teacher and the student. I've seen it work just fine. I've seen it be a disaster.

Personally, I had my own kids in music class for several years and it wasn't a big deal - but that's just 45 minutes once a week.

My cousin had her son in her class when he was in the first grade. She suspected he was on the autism spectrum, and she wanted to keep an eye on him. She saw things she wouldn't normally if he was in another class. It worked out really well for them.
My husband's mom was his high school math teacher. They said it was awkward at first, but they eventually got over it.
Maybe the younger the child the less awkward?

When I was in high school, there was a boy who had to take a science class with his mom as the teacher.

It hadn't been planned like that. The other science teacher unexpectedly left for medical re a and his mom was tasked to carry both classes.

He hated it so much. It was so awkward, and the kids were merciless. 

I taught my youngest DD in 2nd grade. This was in '96, there was one 21st Century classroom for each grade level and DD loved the technology. One perk for teachers was being able to pick teachers for your own children (that's about the only perk!), so that's where I put DD. About 2 days before school started the teacher she was supposed to have transferred to another school and my P asked if I wanted that class - he knew I wanted a 21st Century classroom. I was teaching 1st at the time. I was concerned about DD, but a couple of other teachers had taught their own children there and it had worked out for them, and the P was supportive. DD didn't care, she just wanted to be in that room! So I did it. I really just thought of her as another kid in the class. I talked to the parents at the beginning of the year meeting, it was a very small town and I knew most of them - I had several of the class in 1st grade and knew a lot of parents socially too. There were no issues at all, she didn't try to take advantage of being the teacher's kid. DH did all the homework that year. It worked out well for us, we had a great year. 

A lot of my teachers through out school had children in their class. No one ever hinted that it was a problem - in fact, the general consensus was that the teachers were harder on their own kids.

Not acceptable.

In my small community, there is only 1 teacher per grade level until 5th grade, when they start to switch classes. Many teachers here have no choice but to teach their own child as there is no other option.

I had my parents as elementary teachers for 5 years / very small school/small Town.. 3rd grade twice with my dad (I did not need to be held back - my dad had issues and was trying to give me advantages in sports and academics... Whole other thread!), 4th with dad again as it was then a 3/4 split class and then 5/6 split with my mom. I've got stories! Dad = not good experience but that was because of him. Mom was great.

I didn't read any of the other comments yet. Wanted to post first. I brought my kids to my elementary school with me. While it was completely exhausting to have kids in my room from 7-5 most days, it was beneficial. Now I am talking when they weren't in my class, just before and after school. I have no idea if I could have had my kid in my classroom. I never asked. No teacher ever had their own kid and lots of us brought our kids to school. I believe in most cases it would be a bad idea. Even if the kid and teacher were down with it, it would make the rest of the kids feel all kinds of ways. Would there be favoritism? Would there too much knowledge of what is going on with other kids in class? Would you put your own child's educational needs above the other kids in class? It would be hard. The most difficult years I taught were the two years that my children were in the grade level I taught. I had all of my kids' friends in my class. Weird to have sleepovers at your teacher's house, ya think? I did have my oldest in my math class for 1/2 the year. He was in advanced math with two other boys and they worked primarily in the hallway. My son refused to come in and ask for help when I was the teacher for that chapter. It was weird for him and his friends. People also think that your kid gets special treatment regardless of whether or not your kid is in your class. It just isn't worth it. Now if there were only two teachers in the grade level and the other one sucked rotten tomatoes, I might change my opinion. Thankfully that was not the case.

My husband had both of our sons in his athletic training class in high school. They loved it because their friends thought their dad was cool.  They also could go to the training room for lunch, so all of their friends would go there to hang out with my husband.  Funny, they never did that with me in elementary school.

I've seen it a lot and I don't think it's a big deal at all.