We were an education first family and we took it damn seriously. My kids have now recently entered the workforce and they now see the consequences of lazy parenting reflected in their "peers." I think the difference is that I was a hard ass about performance. Not an asshole mind you - but definitely did not tolerate shortcuts. We had dictionary night every week where I'd open up a big unabridged dictionary and quiz the kids and then talk about the etymology of words and explore idioms and the thought processes that preceded them. We monitored and reasonably restricted their tech use when it threatened to become a problem. We took advantage of low cost or free tutoring when necessary to make sure the kids understood abstract concepts. It may seem unkind, but I loathe parents who do not take their responsibility to provide all the resources they can for their children to excel. I know that for some parents resources are limited - but you have to be creative and frankly spend dollars that otherwise would go to nice-to-have expenditures on tutoring, books, educational videos and most importantly, take the time to talk with their kids. As an aside, I hope the billionaires get AI pushed so far up their asses that their heads explode - really explode. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to see that on the news one day. They're nothing but drug pushers.
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