<p>I was surprised when one of my friends – whose husband is a college professor – told me her husband was helping edit a paper written by their college student daughter, who attended college a few hours away.</p>
<p>I suspect that lots of parental help is the explanation of how the D – who had mediocre scores, got very high grades in a demanding high school program.</p>
<p>The most “help” I gave S was to suggest some places for him to read as he selected one to analyze for his script analysis class, for which he was supposed to write an 80-100 page analysis of one play. He didn’t pick anything I suggested. He likes to do things his way even when those things are hard.</p>