01-04-2012, 09:43 AM
Great thread. Personally, as someone who takes responsibility for my kids in every way, I get sickened by the lack of standards by some parents. I have my own set of books, standards, and activities that are required in my house without regard to what is being taught in school. For example, all my kids had to read the two money/investing books for kids I have, they all save part of any money gifted or earned into savings/investments, they all must truly understand and read the Bill of Rights, they get challenged and rewarded to read extra books on subjects we deem important, and they all are expected to know the difference between things like their and there, than or then. They are expected to do their best job when they do school work, so bad handwriting, mediocre effort, unchecked math problems, or lame baby sentences on research reports are out. They are all straight A students that train in jiu-jitsu, play sports, and have hobbies, video games, and time to play with their two dogs. Excuses by other parents annoy me.
