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<p>A better strategy is to encourage the student to go to the campus writing center, which will not “proofread” but will identify errors for the student to address and learn about.</p>
<p>In many, many cases, it’s counterproductive for parents to proofread a student’s work. The parents introduce errors. I have had students tell me they know their paper is good because their parents said it was. Poor dears.</p>