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[quote=Anonymous]For most of sixth grade, my oldest DD and her friends who were in mostly the same classes had a 'homework circle' going where one kid was responsible for one class's assignment each night and in the morning before school they would get together to trade/copy. DD eventually stopped being involved with that, partially because we had some serious discussions about ethics and what the consequences could be and partially because the logistics got too irritating to manage. She got straight A's that year so she must have known her stuff for tests and other assessments, but still the homework thing wasn't really a good idea.

For those concerned about future success and college habits, at least in DD's case the brief cheating stint doesn't seem to have hurt her... I'm unaware of it carrying over to high school and she recently graduated from college successfully with a 3.88 GPA.

Not a good thing for the kids to be doing, and not something to encourage, but I don't think it's unusual, catastrophic, or indicative of a parenting failure. Most people experiment with bad or unwise choices at some point, and in the grand scheme of things this one is mostly harmless.[/quote]

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