What if your child isn't doing well in school as a parent what is your responsibility?

Question

Suppose the teacher has left extra work for you to do with your child at home. Would you think this is unfair to you and your child? Or do you think the extra work is something you should do?

Answer 1

You need to investigate where the problem lays. You don't say how old your child is, but I am thinking he/she is probably in the 5th or 6th grade. Is your child having reading problems, are the child's eyesight alright, maybe the child needs glasses. Maybe the child can't comprehend what they are reading. The child may not like the teacher or the class they are in, like Math or Spelling etc. If the child does better when you help with the extras sent home, then maybe it is simply the teacher. But please help with the extra work until you find the real problem. Start by visiting your child's teacher.

Answer 2

You as the parent should make sure that the work gets done.  Set a good example by getting it done.

Answer 3

If your child isn't doing well at school, YOUR responsibility as a parent is to find out WHY and try to fix the problem. This is the paramount issue here, not whether the teacher has noticed a problem and has been sending home remedial work.

It is 100% your responsibility to work with your son on this--unless you're extremely wealthy and can pay to hire a tutor, or something. It is never unfair for the teacher and the parent to notice that a child is struggling and work harder with them in order to help them, even if it means that you have to take a little extra time out of your day, and your son taking a little more time out of his. If you invest the proper amount of time into this extra work, and have a valuable discussion about why your kid wasn't doing well in the first place, you will see positive results.

Answer 4

If your child is having trouble in your school, you should be grateful that the teacher is offering help for you to do at home.  It's not fun to do extra work at home, but the only other option is explaining to your child why all their friends are going to the next grade and they are not.

Which is the worse option?

Answer 5

It is your job as a parent to help and guide them to do what is right in and outside of school. Only your child can truly value their education. You should probly have your child do the extra work but if your child doesn't want to you can't really force it they will only rebel... hope i helped,

                                                     knows from experience

Answer 6

My hubby and I are in charge of our children's education. It is our God-given responsibility.

My kids' wonderful teachers are our partners to some extent, but the buck stops here :)

If my child needed extra help, then of course I would do it with the child! That's my job. A good parent is teaching their kids every day and homework should be a tiny part of that.

I am shocked at the way some people expect kids to do all of their learning at school when it is the parent's #1 responsibility.

Answer 7

It is your responsibility and also your child's to do this extra work.  Your child may be young but this is a way of showing him/her responsibility.

Even if your child doesn't come home with extra work, work in the problem area that your child has.  The teacher is the teacher wile the child is in school not when the child is at home with you.

Answer 8

Why would asking you to get involved in your own child's education be "unfair"?

Answer 9

You have to teach your child at home which is one on one time vs one on 25 kids. They learn so much more when a parent sits down with them to help them. We do this every night with our son, he does flash cards for math, we do spelling words, and he has to read and we read to him. It takes about an hour every day, we do skip Fridays. You learn so much about your child when you do this. It is one on one time even tho he is learning and so are you! Doing this really benefits your child. You don't want him falling behind and feeling dumb.

Answer 10

If your child is struggling then you as a parent need to take interest and help your child. The school can only do so much. You need to work with the teacher and see what is going on and do your best to help your child succeed. Good luck

Answer 11

As a teacher myself, no, I do not think the idea of extra practice work it is unfair.  I would, however, think it was unfair if this happened every night.  If the teacher gathered extra practice sheets for you to work on here and there at home at your convenience, well...I'd try to make the effort to complete those.  If the teacher is overloading you, well then I would really hesitate to complete the worksheets.  It really depends on the situation!

Answer 12

I know its hard us moms are already so busy but we really have to help our children even with extra work if you don't fix it now he will only get further behind I started failing in the 3rd grade and my parents were to busy with work and home and my brothers and sister and I never caught up I struggled . My son was having a hard time with spelling so we leave 5 min early to go to the bus stop and study his words every morning  and the words are fresh on his mind for school try sometime like this and be contestant about it

Answer 13

No, I don't think it's unfair at all.  You should do this with your child and see where they are having some trouble so you can help them out.  If between you and the teacher both working with your child isn't helping, then speak with the teacher about getting some extra help at school or perhaps look into a tutor.

Answer 14

punish him or her orbeat him/her something if that kid starts doing good