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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom did my entire science project in kindergarten and I’m 30, so I think this has been going on for a long time. [/quote]

I had undiagnosed severe learning disabilities and recall both my parents doing my book reports and mobiles in 2nd grade, and my dad writing my college biology papers that I needed to submit to get a passing grade. I just had to re-write in my own handwriting.

Meanwhile when my DD (thank god, did not inherit my brain!) was 7th, she got a humanities project that she was really excited about. She spent a lot of time on it, and she proudly marched into school holding it, and her body language totally shrank as she saw that other kids had much more polished projects. I am so glad I was there to see that because I pushed her forward and whispered "Their parents did theirs - I'll go make sure your teacher knows I wasn't involved."  I distinctly remember running after her teacher on a staircase and saying "I just want you to know, DD put a lot of time and effort into the project she's submitting today, and did all the work herself. I just provided snacks. She's seen some other kids' projects and ...." and the teacher cut me off, smiled and said "I can always tell, don't worry."  DD got an A.

OP, your kid is in preschool. Teach her to own her work. [/quote]

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