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The "Looking for a babysitter" parents aren't that bad assuming their kids are well behaved and make decent grades. It's actually mixture of helicopter parents

The "Looking for a babysitter" parents aren't that bad assuming their kids are well behaved and make decent grades. It's actually mixture of helicopter parents who are EXTREMELY invested in their kids education and troubled kids whose parents treat school like a daycare/repair shop for their kids that are the problem. A pox on both their houses etc etc

toomuchtodo 4y ago
Good call out, I have edited my comment accordingly.
gedy 4y ago
> helicopter parents who are EXTREMELY invested in their kids education These folks confuse me, e.g. if they are that particular/knowledgeable/opinionated/demanding - then they should homeschool or tutor their kid themselves. Especially if we're talking public schools, they aren't paying some top dollar private school where they can demand some tuned experience for their child.
- spamizbad 4y ago
  Ah, there's a logical explanation for this! Home schooling is off the table for a lot of these parents as they're most likely both working professionals with demanding jobs OR they recognize they're not going to do a good job educating their kids past a certain level. Private school might be off the table because the local public schools might have a better reputation than any nearby private. Why pay more to get less?
  - gedy 4y ago
    > they recognize they're not going to do a good job educating their kids past a certain level. These are the people that have me shaking my head when they then are so opinionated about the curricula though.
    - glowingly 4y ago
      That's what hurts. The worst tyrants (classically) believe they are doing the right thing. For who(m)? That's another question.
    - jcims 4y ago
      Sometimes you just get outliers. For example, there were some methods taught to my kids in elementary school as part of an emerging common core math curriculum that I disagreed with quite a bit. I didn't take it to the school though because they were stuck in the middle of a state mandate and pissed off parents. I just helped my kids differentiate some of the more fundamental methods from helps/shortcuts (like sections on estimation).

toomuchtodo 4y ago

Good call out, I have edited my comment accordingly.

gedy 4y ago

> helicopter parents who are EXTREMELY invested in their kids education These folks confuse me, e.g. if they are that particular/knowledgeable/opinionated/demanding - then they should homeschool or tutor their kid themselves. Especially if we're talking public schools, they aren't paying some top dollar private school where they can demand some tuned experience for their child.

spamizbad 4y ago
Ah, there's a logical explanation for this! Home schooling is off the table for a lot of these parents as they're most likely both working professionals with demanding jobs OR they recognize they're not going to do a good job educating their kids past a certain level. Private school might be off the table because the local public schools might have a better reputation than any nearby private. Why pay more to get less?
- gedy 4y ago
  > they recognize they're not going to do a good job educating their kids past a certain level. These are the people that have me shaking my head when they then are so opinionated about the curricula though.
  - glowingly 4y ago
    That's what hurts. The worst tyrants (classically) believe they are doing the right thing. For who(m)? That's another question.
  - jcims 4y ago
    Sometimes you just get outliers. For example, there were some methods taught to my kids in elementary school as part of an emerging common core math curriculum that I disagreed with quite a bit. I didn't take it to the school though because they were stuck in the middle of a state mandate and pissed off parents. I just helped my kids differentiate some of the more fundamental methods from helps/shortcuts (like sections on estimation).