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[quote=Anonymous]My parents were hands off parents. They never knew if I had homework and never asked if I had finished homework. They never helped me complete any school projects.  I grew up in California and realized my Asian friends all had parents who corrected their homework, helped them if the answers were wrong or got tutors for their kids. In fact, for math they all had the teacher's edition of the books that had all the answers in the back. Meanwhile the student books just had the odd answers. All of their homework was corrected by their parents. If they didn't get a problem right the parents made them re-do it. I loved doing group projects with them because their parents were willing to buy supplies, bring us snacks and drinks while we worked, hold off dinner. Basically their households revolved around us doing a great job on the project.   They all were high achieving kids regardless of how bright they were. The ones who I didn't think were very smart, got A's because they worked very hard. I coasted and got A's but never learned how to work hard.
Now I have kids and don't want them to slack off. College is much more competitive now. I sit down with them while they do homework. Sometimes I make them answer problems different ways. If they are studying something in science or history we go to the library to get books and videos on the topic. They are top students in their elementary grades. [/quote]

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