> ask her why she didn’t do well on her math test That sounds like a reasonable approach for some parent-kid combinations. But as far as this discussion goes..

> ask her why she didn’t do well on her math test That sounds like a reasonable approach for some parent-kid combinations. But as far as this discussion goes... It was about an app that provided information like grades and that a test was coming up with the parent. It sounds like it would be a perfectly fine complement to your approach, no? I don't see how it is some sort of replacement that is going to make everyone into helicopter parents. (And the problem with helicopter parents is not caused by some app.) In fact, I have trouble seeing how it intrudes more than the entirely nondigital approach to school-parent communication used when I was a kid - bring back this piece of paper with a parent's signature.