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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Yikes, sounds like the answer to why some parents are happy is because they invest a lot of time and energy at home. This sounds like a lot of pressure to put on parents compared to a generation ago, and this is on top of longer work hours and commutes. Is it any wonder that everyone is stressed out and has no time to build a real community? When I went to school (graduated 16 years ago), my parents were not involved except for providing an environment conducive to studying and some “fun” supplementing like museums, travel, and of course SAT prep books. I still did extremely well. I am now feeling stressed out that I will have to spend hours teaching my children at home to fill in the gaps from their school education. It will be stressful for me to take on a second job as private tutor, and stressful for the children because they will get very little break from academics. Even if I were to invest in a private tutor, it would give me a break but not the children.[/quote]

You are in Fairfax County. Yes, it is a lot of pressure to be in the rat race in this area.  If your kid is a high achiever, the "gaps" you fill are the ones that get your kid ahead.  Have to do a little bit of everything-- revamp your household schedule to prioritize things for your kids. If you don't want to be in that rat race, you can totally opt out. But I'll tell ya, once you hear that Larla is doing ballet and piano, and taekwondo and kumon, you're going to feel that you aren't doing enough for your kids if they aren't overscheduled like everyone else.

Yes it is stressful. Been there. And it doesn't really end when your kids get out of FCPS-- ha, go take a look at the college forum! [/quote]

Are you purposefully misunderstanding? This is not about ballet or piano or taekwondo or soccer or Kumon to get 2 grade levels ahead. Nobody expects schools to teach that. This is about having to fill in academic gaps even for a regular, average-to-above-average NT kid because of gaps in curriculum, online learning not being conducive to actual learning*, teachers being stressed out by all the demands, etc.

*I am referring to online learning during in-person school. Excluding pandemic virtual learning from this as it was a difficult situation and I can’t blame the school system since most blue states/counties took the same approach.[/quote]

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