Hiring a Tutor...

If I have excess money & my children badly needed a tutor, I will most probably hire one. But luckily, my daughter is doing good in her class so I don't need a tutor right now. And I have excess time to spend guiding her on lessons she don't understand and homeworks.

I think I will do it by myself. As it will be one more chance for us to get our relationship closer. And I can clearly know what my kid needs. I think I can handle it until high school courses.

no, as a parent, I am not willing to hire a tutor for my child. He is only 8+ and I don’t think he will actually learn anything from a tutor who keeps on checking his/her watch from the moment the study hour starts. Ideally I sit with my son surrounded by his books, the globe, the maps, the newspaper, some GK book and such. We study less and chat more. It has been like this for the past few years…its only recently that he is at the end of class III and we are more into studies than general discussions. Even then, I make it a point to generally chat with him about everything whenever I can.

aseretdd, It would be a situational answer for me. It would depend on how many children were at home and needing help, how much time I had to devote to each one, how much individual help each one needed, and if I was truly capable of giving the help (EXAMPLE: If someone would have just told me what "X" was in Algebra, I would have been able to "get it" LOL!), as there are some subjects that I would not feel qualified to teach in the same manner as the teacher is teaching the course. The other considerations would be if I would choose a peer tutor (for no pay) or a paid tutor. That would also be situational. If the peer tutor was able to get my child to understand the subject matter in an efficient manner without causing any embarrassment to him/her, I would be all for that. If my child was having a very difficult time and needed the help of a professional tutor, by all means I would hire one. I am going on the assumption that the hiring of a tutor is done by interview much the same as the hiring for any other position. Is that correct? Is there a contract that you sign when you take on this job? I give much respect to you for working this job. ~Donna

On our part with my wife, we really need to have a tutor, unfortunately, hiring a tutor will really cost you that much. Were both working Monday to Saturday (for me) and Monday to Sunday (my wife) sometimes I only had a one day to rest & this is my free time for my family (since my wife is still working) but I can'not spend this one day to teach my kid with her assignment because I need to do some house hold chores (washing our clothes, cook, clean the house) & after this task I'm almost exhausted that I madly need to rest. When my wife arrive by 7pm she's the one who will teach my child study her lessons. But as I observed my wife is also tired and she almost lost her tempered easily and she was scolding our daughter especially when the child did not catch up what she's teaching and I believe that this may reflect on our daughter's attitude when it came to studying. I kept on thinking how can she adopt the proper learning if she is afraid or maybe this can give trauma to the child and later she will hate studying. I believe we really need a tutor who can teach well of our kids no matter how much will cost me.

I think I will do this myself. I think parents are the people who are the most understand of their child. If they take care of their children by heart and also have enough time and konwledges to help their children. They will be the best tutor for their children.

As far as I can, I would tutor them myself. It's only when I am stumped with the subject that I would consider hiring a tutor. I feel I can do a better job because I can understand my children better and know which area is their weak point and proceed accordingly. A tutor might not do that. lol...but people who know me are happy the way I do it with my child and a couple of parents have asked me to tutor their child the same way. But with my little one, I don't have the time....but it's something that I will consider in the future. Another problem with tutoring is that since the tutoring will happen after the kids get back from school, I will be missing out the time I spend with my older son after he gets back from school.

I am not married.i do not have children. I have seen my mom. she used to teach us herself still we were in quite higher classes. i think parents can teach children upto the point they can. But nowadys with both parents working its difficult to find time.

If you have the time and are qualified enough, why not teach the kids yourself? It will also help to cement the bond. Otherwise, just hire a tutor and pray that he or she is up to the task.

I have worked as a tutor before and from my experience it was the lowest paid and rottenest job I ever had, because of having to prepare for hours to get content appropriate for just one child and then having to go to the child's home and be polite to the whole family and their dogs and cats and maybe have to deal with being offered food and drink that maybe you don't want, and then family members are hanging around and interfering with the lessons. Also the children were like with the babysitter--"}I don't WANT a tutor" - "I don't NEED a tutor" - "I already KNOW this stuff" (NOT!) and so on. It is so much better to teach in a classroom where it is your turf and there are other students watching and helping out.

Hello aseretdd, I was a tutor myself - as you know, for Maths subject. I told myself when the first time I looked at my tiny baby, that one day, I will be his tutor when he starts to know 'school'. I have no intention to hire a tutor - at this very moment but thing might change in future, you wouldn't know, right? I tutored children from the age of 7-17, to earn extra income while studying in university and to prove to my parents that I could be independent, not only depending on their money to support myself. I was quite a stubborn child and always wanted to do whatever I think is right for me at that very moment.

For me, I would still help my children myself (that is if I have the time at all) because it would be part of spending quality time with them while building that stronger bond and relationship with them. Yeah, hiring a tutor is much easier, but sometimes the amount I have to fork out is too exorbitant. Since I am a science graduate, I'm sure I can help my child in science and maths... =)

I'm very much into tutoring my kids myself but then again my daughter is only 6. She already gets loads of homework and we always do it together. When her and my son get older I suspect I will do it then too. I can keep an eye on what they are learning and help if they need, see if they are struggling in anything and maybe get back to the teacher if they are. As parents I really think that we need to be proactive in our child's education. Noone cares about them like parents do.