September 23, 2002

The Tyranny of Parental Involvement

Government school parents:

Am I Dad, or a Tutor?

By WILLIAM SORENSEN
BRONXVILLE, N.Y. - If you're a parent with a child in school, late September is the time of year when you may find yourself wondering: Why, at my age (in my case, over 40), am I still doing homework? Who decided that parents must oversee every book report, give practice spelling tests and correct long division? Our parents never helped with homework. They sipped gimlets or watched Walter Cronkite while we toiled away in our bedrooms, conjugating verbs.

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