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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids mostly finished the bulk of their homework at school. They had other interests and worked on that at home.  But, yes, they did work. They also got straight As, aced SATs, aced ECs, and took 12 APs.  8 APs by the end of 11th grade and from all 5 core subjects. 5s in all. So what? They are STEM magnet public school students.  By 4th grade they had mastered study skills and time management. [/quote]

That's awesome.  Any tips you/they learned on how to master study skills?  Sometimes I feel my kids are spinning their wheels trying to do homework, so it takes longer than it needs to.  (Especially getting distracted by technology)[/quote]

Number 1 tip - when your kid in little give them help to organize and space to fail and get this wrong.  They will learn.  Too much hand holding sets them up for failure.  Also, help them to take pride in good work, not average work.  This motivates them to do well without you.  Stress effort, not achievement.

Some parents on the college board here are still trying to hand hold their young adults.  Basically they've failed as parents to create a self-sufficient adult.  Now they have a giant man-child (or woman-child) that can't take care of themselves, let alone any family they should want [/quote]

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