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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was talking to one of my neighborhood FCPS teacher who mentioned that there are lazy parents who can't get their kids to do basic homework, no daily reading, etc... no afterschool prep to get them ready for school. Teacher's teen daughter is a tutor at out local Kumon center that DC attends.

Same with older's basketball coach. No Prepp, no play minutes. DC learnt it the hardway. Now they prepp alot, and are on the court more and get a few baskets every single game, while the unprepared players and their parents just sit and watch, and ofcourse cheer for entire team.  [/quote]
Couldn't have said this better. Lazy and irresponsible parents foolishly assume they can outsource their parenting responsibility to public school teacher and team coach, and invest no time into prepping their child at home.  [/quote]

I would struggle to help my child with his math in sixth grade. I am not strong in math and it has been 40 years since I studied what he is studying. I would either need to spend hours relearning the subject and trying to explain what I have learned to my child or I could get a tutor. The good news is my DH works in a math related field and can help DS with his math if he has questions. That said, DH is having to brush up the work that is being covered because his work doesn't focus on those concepts. Because DH is math oriented, he can read a website and remember the concept well enough to be able to help.

There are a lot of families that have 2 parents like me who would not be able to help their kids with their math homework. That is why people get tutors or use programs. They want to help their kids but they don't have the base skills to do so or it would take a good amount of time to brush up on those skills. Then there are the parents who could help but whose kids learn differently so the parents cannot explain the concept in a way that makes sense to the child.[/quote]
You are being a great parent facilitating resources for your kids educational needs, but even more interesting is you are having DH brush up his math skills.  :)[/quote]

I play to my families strengths.  I help with reading and social studies questions. DH loves math and it takes him about 5 minutes to remember the concepts he needs to help with. DH now teaches the math club at school and does math competitions with DS for fun. Work with what you got!

But i understand people who use tutors and programs, not everyone is able to help at home. It is not being lazy.[/quote]

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