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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find two things weird here. One weird thing is that some parents assume everyone needs tutoring to do well because their kids need it, or because they know of a few cases and are making sweeping assumptions about everyone else.

But I also find it weird that people are bashing kids who need tutors and assuming their parents are only doing it to be ultra-competitive. Some kids are very good independent learners and some kids are not. My kid is self-organized and self-motivated, and as never needed tutoring. I have plenty of friends who have extremely bright kids who are not as organized. Maybe some inattentive or executive functioning issues going on, and they benefit from the extra support that tutoring can give. I would never judge them for this. [/quote]

I have been at K bday parties where a mom openly said she puts her daughter in XYZ math program after school to “get ahead and build confidence.” 
Same mom in grade 1 and 2 demanded her child have a 1:1 pullout for math twice a week to aid the “acceleration.”

Tutoring due to LDs, SNs, or processing speed issues is entirely different. Agree. As is tutoring because your child never was taught math facts or phonics, foundational learning topics, and needs remedial.  Or moving to a new school or district and needing a couple months of getting filled in. All different. [/quote]

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