Several private schools in Australia have introduced official codes of conduct and charters to manage how parents behave and to strengthen the authority of the school administration.

澳洲幾所私立學校推出了官方行為準則與章程，旨在管理家長的行為並強化學校行政部門的權威。

The decision to use these agreements is mainly a reaction to a change in the relationship between parents and teachers. Instead of working together as partners, many parents now treat education like a business service. Phillip Heath, the headmaster of Barker College, emphasized that legal advisors suggested a charter to stop parents from using AI to write formal complaints or contacting the police too quickly during disputes. Furthermore, social media and private messaging apps have made this problem worse, as parents often trust these platforms more than the school's own communication.

決定使用這些協議主要是對家長與教師之間關係變化的反應。許多家長現在不再將教育視為合作夥伴關係，而是將其視為一種商業服務。Barker College 校長 Phillip Heath 強調，法律顧問建議制定章程，以防止家長使用 AI 撰寫正式投訴，或在發生爭議時過快聯絡警方。此外，社交媒體和私人通訊軟體加劇了這個問題，因為家長通常比學校自身的溝通渠道更信任這些平台。

High tuition fees are also a major cause of this trend. Former principal Shane Hogan asserted that when fees are very high—such as the $94,000 annual cost for some programs at Geelong Grammar—parents often feel more entitled. Consequently, some parents view education as a product they have bought, which leads them to disagree with school discipline. For example, one parent at Geelong Grammar used a UN convention to argue against a rule requiring students to sleep in separate tents. As a result, the school reportedly required parents to sign contracts agreeing to the school's disciplinary rules before students could return.

高昂的學費也是這一趨勢的主要原因。前校長 Shane Hogan 主張，當學費非常高時——例如 Geelong Grammar 某些課程每年成本達 94,000 澳元——家長往往會覺得自己擁有更多權利。因此，部分家長將教育視為購買的產品，導致他們不認同學校的紀律處分。例如，Geelong Grammar 的一名家長引用聯合國公約，反對學生必須分開帳篷睡覺的規定。據報導，學校隨後要求家長簽署合約，同意遵守學校的紀律規則後，學生才能返回學校。

This issue is not limited to private schools, as new laws are being proposed in New South Wales. These laws would allow principals in public, Catholic, and private schools to ban parents from the campus if they behave in an unreasonable or harmful way. Educators, such as Diana Drummond, have observed that parents now expect highly personalized attention and special adjustments for their children, which makes managing the school much more difficult.

此問題不僅限於私立學校，新南威爾斯州目前正在擬議新法。這些法律將允許公立、天主教及私立學校的校長，在家長行為不合理或具有傷害性時，禁止其進入校園。教育工作者 Diana Drummond 觀察到，家長現在期望其子女獲得高度個人化的關注與特殊調整，這使得學校管理變得更加困難。

Schools are increasingly using legal contracts and new laws to regain control and reduce interference from parents.

學校正日益增加使用法律合約與新法，以重新奪回控制權並減少家長的干預。