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bvf

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11. Well said. I love that term

Reply to customerserviceguy (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 2, 2014, 09:11 AM

Dec 2014

but really detest what it refers to.

I'm all for parents keeping tabs on their kids, but not to the detriment of their education. Homework is meant to impart a sense of personal responsibility as much as it is meant to impart knowledge of whatever subject.

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Why I decided to stop being my daughter’s personal assistant-must read [View all] malaise Dec 2014 OP

Absolutely. You only learn by doing things yourself. DetlefK Dec 2014 #1

The crash and burn customerserviceguy Dec 2014 #2

Well said. I love that term bvf Dec 2014 #11

Oh, I'm all for parents making sure their kids keep up on schoolwork customerserviceguy Dec 2014 #32

Got a few neighbors like that. bvf Dec 2014 #33

Thumbs Up !! beemer27 Dec 2014 #3

Who names their kid "Enma?" It's like a portmanteau of Enya and Emma... msanthrope Dec 2014 #4

OK, that's funny. TBF Dec 2014 #6

That kid probably made it 10 minutes in school before being called 'enema' by someone. msanthrope Dec 2014 #9

I wanted to do the same thing when my daughter was born. brer cat Dec 2014 #12

My husband misspelled our son's name on the birth certificate paperwork. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2014 #14

We probably should do all that paperwork brer cat Dec 2014 #18

I wonder what Asswipe Johnson would think. nt geek tragedy Dec 2014 #7

He'd ask his cousin, Hy Colonic. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #10

LOL cyberswede Dec 2014 #16

At first, I thought it was one of the famous Grauniad typos nxylas Dec 2014 #13

I believe the author is Spanish cyberswede Dec 2014 #15

Don't ruin my fun with facts!!!! nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #21

perdoname! cyberswede Dec 2014 #24

ROFL...that's what I was thinking, too alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #22

Her mom, Douchebag. immoderate Dec 2014 #28

Sort of guarantees that she'll never be full of herself Orrex Dec 2014 #35

I drove to school the one day TBF Dec 2014 #5

Yea but who is forcing the kid to go to school? Shankapotomus Dec 2014 #8

My son would like the cut of your jib. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2014 #17

My only issue is that it was "mom's moment" that changed the rules. IdaBriggs Dec 2014 #19

I guess that will be one less parent I'll have to deal with as... a la izquierda Dec 2014 #20

Too many helicopter parents these days. Kids aren't allowed to fail. chrisa Dec 2014 #23

+1000 lindysalsagal Dec 2014 #31

You got it. bvf Dec 2014 #34

My siblings and I were almost feral children. hunter Dec 2014 #25

Oh my - my daughter is a teacher. This is what she hears - It's not my daughter's fault she didn't jillan Dec 2014 #26

even as a child I hated getting up inthe morning, I would pretend i wsa asleep and be limp hollysmom Dec 2014 #27

Reminds me of my old HR days when mothers would live love laugh Dec 2014 #29

Have have an assistant position open for me Omaha Steve Dec 2014 #30