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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I strongly disagree.

What about my husband's WAR REFUGEE parents who came to their host country with nothing, worked hard, and found time to teach their 4 children, all of whom became doctors, bankers  or engineers?

We are not wealthy, and until recently didn't have the resources to outsource my son's special needs therapies, executive coaching and tutoring he has needed since he was little. We did 90% of the work ourselves until last year when we put our hard-earned money into great tutors for him, to get him to the next level.

There will always be unfit parents who are not able to parent, absent parents who are not there to help, and all kinds of situations where children are not getting what they need from their families, or lack thereof.

[b]It does NOT mean that the rest of us, rich or poor, should purposefully refrain from helping our children in any way we can.
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Schools will provide what governments and society decide they should pay for. It may not be enough for some children. If you, the loving parent, can't make up the difference, nobody will pick up the slack, OP.
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OP didn’t say we should refrain from teaching our children at home. She is only implying that it’s an inequitable approach to education for schools to RELY on parents to teach things.

Basically, schools need to step it up![/quote]

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