Ensis Ferrae wrote:I can see the sports thing a bit... I know that when I played football, my dad never once missed a game, and he only missed one track meet due to work, because he supported my playing the sport.
My parents supported me playing sport and would always take me to games and get me whatever gear I needed, but they didn’t have to be there watching each game. And for a couple of seasons my Dad coached my cricket team. But there was never an expectation that he’d be there every week – there was a belief that I played because I wanted to, it was something I did for me.
Cricket is a bit different though. Even at juniors a match goes for more than 4 hours.
Anyhow, I’ve noticed that it seems to have changed a lot. There seems a lot more parental involvement, and an expectation that it will take up at least as much of the parent’s time as the kids. A cousin of mine is in t-ball, which is almost not a sport, and the amount expected of the parents was insane.
As for the homework thing, I know once my daughter figured out how to read on her own, we simply ask her to read the instructions to us, explain what she's supposed to do, and let her do it. Sometimes we'll do a spot check after she says she's done to make sure she ain't lyin (she hasn't yet, about homework)
Yeah, that’s more or less what I’d expect. But talking to some parents it seems there’s some really different ideas out there. One lady got quite high and mighty about it – she thought all parents should sit there every night with their kids. And most people seem closer to her than your example.
Hopefully that was just a weird batch of people, but I suspect it might what’s to come.
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