Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
There's a difference between sports & education. I can understand parents not being on top of the kids kids' latest sports, but it IS a parents parents' responsibility to make sure their kid gets to school and gets an education. And it IS their responsibility to ensure they their kids do their homework and all that is necessary to get good grades. And of course it's their job and responsibility to have their kids study for tests and the like.
That's what you've been trained to say. But people have been told to say the same thing for decades. Anyone with a true education would realize that such an attitude hasn't produced results and therefore has failed and must be changed. Focus on the classroom, not the home. For example, the way the students are expected to be motivated is unnatural and has failed as much as the blame-parents mantra.