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Perhaps it would help you to list your goals: pushing your kids in their education. Helping them be independent (cleaning the house, cooking, doing school and other projects by themselves, orienting themselves outside, etc). Those things are actually not opposite, they are part of the same thing.

Unless your kids have learning disabilities, there is no need to hover, but there a need for ACCOUNTABILITY and RESPONSIBILITY. Your children should know that when they return home, they can have a short break with snack, then do their homework. If they have questions, they ask you. All their deadlines should be written in their calendar, all projects need to be chunked up, and they should discuss that with you so you can make weekend plans and manage the general schedule. You check their grades as often as possible online, and as soon as you notice something's off, you ask them about it. The most important thing is learning from one's mistakes, so have they gone over the assignment or test with their teacher? Have they forgotten to turn something in? They should know to always accept the make-up offer.

You have to work a lot as a manager, coach and scheduler, but not as a crutch.
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