Originally Posted by Val
...your kid's teacher tells you you're "pushing her" because you work with her outside of school.

Yet...it's perfectly okay for other people to send their kids to Kumon or other tutoring centers for "extra help."

YES - and also, when they accuse you of "pushing her" even when you don't work with her outside of school. because of course NO child could learn anything without direct instruction, right? [bangs head on desk for the fiftieth time...]


Every Sunday it brooded and lay on the floor. Inconveniently close to the drawing-room door.