The comments that I was discussing were not made by pnj.
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Certainly not from me, I have detailed many a post that described the amount of time that I have put into the education of my children on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis...in fact I've been described as over-involved before.
IMO, elementary school is the best place for a kid to learn to do it himself. There is a cheap price to pay for failure. If they learn in HS the cost is higher. In college, when the parent isn't there to nag them about doing their homework- the cost is astronomical.
and, when the kids are older, even the parents don't always need to be doling out that "after" consequence. In HS (most of them), no-pass-no-play. So, if a kid gets a D in a class, basketball is automatically out, or football, or cheerleading, or speech/debate, or chess team.
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Exactly.
PumpkinAngel
Well, first, I have to disagree with your assessment that you
"The kid ultimately has to decide if he wants good grades or not."
Yes, but "ultimately" is not in elementary school.
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The comments that I was discussing were not made by pnj.
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Certainly not from me, I have detailed many a post that described the amount of time that I have put into the education of my children on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis...in fact I've been described as over-involved before.
PumpkinAngel
*nodding*.
and, when the kids are older, even the parents don't always need to be doling out that "after" consequence. In HS (most of them), no-pass-no-play. So, if a kid gets a D in a class, basketball is automatically out, or football, or cheerleading, or speech/debate, or chess team.
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