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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I watched it.  Interesting how parenting has changed since we were kids:  Neither of our parents were so interested and helpful with schoolwork.  They mostly nagged us about getting good grades.  But it seems the parenting represented in the film is what is the norm now.  DH and I both went to Ivies and elite private schools for grade school - hs although we are not AA.  I am Asian and DH is white.

I agree with Idris's mom's lament that her son does not have the same drive that she had.  Told my DH that I don't want to redo elementary, middle and high school with our son, doing homework, keeping track of his work and projects.  If the kid cannot manage those things himself, what's going to happen when the kid goes off to college?

Interesting film.  Very much worth watching.[/quote]

I agree with you. Parenting is soooo different now. My parents weren't terribly interested in my schoolwork either. They simply wanted to see the report cards.

But several things have changed. 1)[b] Schoolwork has become so much more challenging. I could finish my homework for all 7 of my classes in 1 hour or less. Today kids are doing homework for 4-5 hours per night! [/b]2) We've just become so much more competitive. Today our children are just another example/extension of our success. We must have the biggest house, fanciest car, best figure and most attractive spouse in the subdivision. And our children then must be more successful than yours. They must go to the best school (Dalton) and get into the best colleges (Stanford) or we (the parents) look like failures.

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I had the same amount of homework in high school and so did DH and it was the same for my cousins who attended a test-in STEM magnet.  Our parents did not sit next to us helping us with homework like in the film.  My parents didn't know what homework I had much less check it or make sure I did it and hand it in.  I couldn't help feeling that when Seun need tutoring and remediation at Dalton in elementary school that he was probably at the wrong school.

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