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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You shouldn't doubt, previous poster. My kid at a DC private gets help in nearly every subject, either from me, my wife or a tutor. Including for AP exam prep, SAT prep, etc. Seems like I pay more for tutoring than the actual cost of tuition. I KNOW that most of the other kids do the same thing. In subjects that the parents don't have expertise in, the kid gets a tutor. It's not necessarily a PhD parent, but if you and spouse had different majors, you most likely can "cover" 2 or 3 of the 5 prime subjects. So the kid only needs a tutor for 2 subjects. Great![/quote]

I'm the PP you're responding to, and I don't doubt that you have tutors or help your kid yourselves. We do that too! We've hired tutors and we've helped our kids study.

The issue is PP's claim that parents are doing kids' projects FOR them, also that this is so endemic that it has forced teachers to flip their classrooms (kids watch video lectures at night and do the projects in class). I think most responsible parents understand that there's a fine line between helping your kid study (tutors, you) and actually doing the work FOR him. And most parents understand that the latter is bad because it's dishonest (kid is graded on parent's work) and also because it sets your kid up for failure in college. I don't doubt that a handful of parents are writing their kids' papers, but I disagree with PP that the problem is so widespread that teachers are flipping their classrooms just to get away from these legions of parents. There might be good reasons to flip the classroom, but I disagree this is "the" reason.[/quote]

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