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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]

OP, it looks like you’re one of the problems. If you consider helping your kid with homework a “second job” then you’ll be unhappy and stressed. It called parenting - and involves helping with school work.[/quote]

Are you really equating filling in curriculum gaps with homework help? The latter is absolutely the responsibility of parents. The former is not. [/quote]

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