I used to volunteer for a local big brother type program. They repeated a lot of the same rhetoric about being a "safe place" for the kids, that its all about them, and all that.

Yet I still had a strong, unflinching list of shit I absolutely could not discuss with them without approval from the parent and things I had to report to the parent if it came up.

Teachers are so drunk on their victim complex and power they believe themselves completely beyond reproach, simply repeating empty phrases that worked in the past.