If you--as in you personally--grew up in a household where education wasn't taken seriously, what are some ways you've managed to do things differently for your own kids?

I asked this in the parenting sub but it was removed because I'm not a parent. Seems I could comment there but not post though I'm concerned and deal with kids all the time.

At any rate, we always hear how important parental involvement in a child's education is. What I'd like to learn is how this shakes out generation to generation in real-world terms. So many parents are stressed, overwhelmed; more than you'd think have no additional help. I'm truly not seeing how the involvement thing could, realistically, work--especially if you have multiple kids. But maybe I'll be surprised.

I just want to add that I live in a pretty poor neighborhood where a lot of parents seem to think helping their kids is optional. Like something you do when you feel like it, have the energy orr interest that day, etcetera. If you're also a lower-income parent, what kinds of strategies help you keep that investing momentum going? This is just as important as understanding the need for the thing it's self in my opinion.

Submitted September 19, 2025 at 03:32AM by cherry-care-bear https://ift.tt/k0XS5eh