When your children have a project for school, do you help with it?
By gapeach65
@gapeach65 (805)
United States
February 25, 2007 3:07pm CST
I have always loved crafts and helping with projects. If my children have a project for school, as long as they do the bulk of the work, I will help tie it together. Like the fire, he had a group project, they had everything but the fire, so he asked me to help, it really makes me proud that they ask me to help. I also enjoy it when their friends ask them to ask me. My oldest daughter just graduated from college, it makes me sad to know that she won't have any more projects for me to help her with, although my creative gene rubbed off on her, she's becoming quite crafty now too. I'm sure she'll have something I can help with in the future, just not for school. I do have two other children in school, my 18 year old son that I made the fire for, and an almost 9 year old, so I know I'll have years to continue to help, I just hope my son gives me the chance. Do you help with the craft side of projects?
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6 responses
@nancygibson (3736)
• France
26 Feb 07
Looking at it from the reverse perspective, I am the creative person I am today because my parents endlessly introduced me to new activities, crafts and ideas. Even in my mid thirties I'm not too old to send my mother things I've made and she has still been known to pin drawings of mine to the fridge LOL! Don't worry about them being too old to do creative things with, it never really happens, you just move on to being able to go to a class together or being able to go to the craft shop and both of you have money in your pockets!
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@jbrowsin66 (1321)
• United States
26 Feb 07
I have helped them. Heck, a lot of times the projects you see other kids with definitely have had help. It's like who has the most creative parent, lol. Don't do the whole thing for them, but if they can come up with the idea and you can help some, that's great.
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
14 Mar 07
I am not very handy with glue or craftsy, But I do offer my help and advice to the technical and logistic issues such as choosing an appropriate project and where to find materials to research it. I offer my support any other way I can. My middle son has an artistic flair and he never really asked for my help with projects because he always had a clear cut idea of what he wanted to do. My 12 year old on the other hand is like me, and just can not cut paper straight but together we muddle through his assignments.
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@nelltx (277)
• United States
25 Feb 07
I love helping my children with projects. My problem is that I tend to want to do it for them. I have to keep stopping myself & let them do it. I sure I will miss doing projects with them when they get older. Right now my son is in theater so I get to be involved with set making & costumes. I have 2 younger daughters so right now I have about all the projects I can handle.
@gapeach65 (805)
• United States
27 Feb 07
I have a bad habit of doing that too. I have to remind myself that it's their project, not mine. Hopefully my 8 year old will have some projects soon as my oldest graduates in May. Thanks for the response.
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@mobyfriend (1017)
• Netherlands
14 Mar 07
I don't like to help with school projects involving crafts. Because I'm not very good in crafts. But in other fields like helping to write a paper (not writing the paper but giving the pointers) that is more up my alley.
But in my home things are equally divided. My hub helps with the crafty part and I with the other stuff.
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@smalltowngirl (17)
• United States
2 Mar 07
I'm going to take this from a different perspective. I've worked as a teacher's assistant, and I whenever projects came in, I could always tell which ones the parents worked on and which ones the child did alone. To me, it was difficult to fairly determine a grade when you see one project that doesn't look perfect, but you know the child worked really hard on it and did it without help and you see another fabulous project that you know the child could not possibly have done it.
I know it is fun to help, but the grade is for the student, not the parents. Then again, I can't say what will happen when my kids get old enough to be assigned projects. It's so difficult being a parent sometimes.
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@gapeach65 (805)
• United States
2 Mar 07
I agree it is difficult being a parent at times. I also remember seeing those projects, both when I was in school and with my children, I never help so much that I take over and make it perfect, my children have to do the majority of it, sometimes, I have the idea and they run with it. I never wanted my child to be the one with the "perfect, because my parents did it project". I'm glad I have the ability and talent to help when I can, I've even helped neighbor children or friends of my children, but with the same principal in mind, "it's their project". Thanks for the response.
