History Main / EmbarrassingRelativeTeacher

* Raine, Genis's older sister, teaches Genis's class in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. While he is embarrassed by her sometimes, it's never within the actual school setting, since school has no ruins for her to obsess over or cooking [[LethalChef to ruin]].

* ''{{Literature/Animorphs}}'': Marco's dad eventually remarries a math teacher at Marco's school (fortunately he's not in her class). "you're not my real mom" drama is avoided for the most part, but the fact that he can't exactly tell his dad that his mother is still alive, just serving as host body to a PuppeteerParasite plays a toll on his psyche. [[spoiler:When his parents are reunited, Marco chooses to tell his dad this new wife might have been a Controller from the start.]

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', one of the teachers at Moperville South high school is the father of one of the main characters. She avoids him whenever possible after this fact is revealed.

* On ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'', Corey is both Riley's history teacher and father. He goes out of his way to be an OverprotectiveDad and ward off the budding romantic relationship between Riley and her crush, among other things Riley finds embarrassing.

* In ''Film/{{Goosebumps}}'', the main character is embarrassed about being the vice-principal's son.

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** Inverted more recently in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS18E10ConniesCelica Connie's Celica]]", Lois becomes Meg's substitute music teacher, in this case, Connie insults Lois and makes her the target of humiliation.

In RealLife, schools will usually make a point to avoid this because of worries over [[TeachersPet favoritism]] and professionalism (and concern for the child's social development). If a teacher has a kid in the school, they will almost always make sure to place that student in a different class. The exception is if there is only one teacher in the school for that class, which is common for non-core subjects such as Gym, Art, or Music class

* In ''Unforgiven'' by Creator/LaurenKate, Lilith's mother does a lot of odd jobs, including working as a substitute teacher in her daughter's high school. Since she does not want to be seen favorizing her daughter, she is particularly strict toward Lilith, which leads to several embarassing situations.

* In ''Webcomic/StrongFemaleProtagonist'', the main character's mother is her teacher. She doesn't do anything in front of the class to embarrass her daughter, but her daughter is still embarrassed and doesn't participate in class for fear of being called a teacher's pet.

** Inverted more recently in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS19E10ConniesCelica Connie's Celica]]", Lois becomes Meg's substitute music teacher, in this case, Connie insults Lois and makes her the target of humiliation.

In RealLife, schools will usually make a point to avoid this because of worries over [[TeachersPet favoritism]] and professionalism (and concern for the child's social development). If a teacher has a kid in the school, they will almost always make sure to place that student in a different class.

* An episode of ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' has Josh being hired to teach Megan's 3rd grade class. When Josh insists on giving the students college level school work, they direct their anger towards Megan just because he's her brother.

* In ''Series/TheBrothersGarcia'' episode "The Sub", Ray becomes a substitute teacher in Carlos and George's class. They simply pretend they're not related until Ray habitually calls Carlos "Mijo" during class.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "The PTA Disbands", Marge briefly became Bart's substitute teacher after he drove all the other subs away. She calls him "sweetie" in class.

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* In one episode of ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'', Raven's mother becomes her class's substitute teacher. Though everyone else in her class actually thinks she's really cool and fun, Raven finds her presence humiliating, trying not to let her mother know how it's affecting her. At the end, [[SelectiveEavesdropping her mother overhears her telling Chelsea and Eddie about how humiliated she feels]], but though she's hurt, she understands that as a teenager, Raven can't have her mother getting in her way during school.

* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] on ''Series/EverythingSucks'', Kate Messner's father Ken is the school's principal who tends to give Kate the same treatment she's given at home, which causes humiliation for Kate

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Subverted; Meg expects this to happen when Peter becomes the principal. However, this changes when he [[PapaWolf stands up to her bullies]]. She then decides to take advantage of his paternal instinct and uses him to get revenge on other students who've wronged her.

* Raine, Genis's older sister, teaches Genis's class in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. While he is embarrassed by her sometimes, it's never within the actual school setting, since there are no ruins or cooking in school.