Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kids' homework

Re:Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kid... by mjburgess on Friday April 20, 2018 @04:39AM (#16883156)

please don't think about it in terms of "the virtues of unfortunate". Everyone wants "kids to get a solid education and get good jobs and lead a happier, fulfilling life".

please, rather, try to think about it in terms of what best-explains the difference.

this data seems highly inversely correlated with productivity, in countries with lower productivity, people spend more time with their child. Time available seems to be the best explanatory factor.

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Re:Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kid... by timthorn on Friday April 20, 2018 @05:25AM (#16883368)

> Everyone wants "kids to get a solid education..."

No, this is not universal. There are parents who had a bad experience of education and think that is universal, and those who fear that their children will move away if they become educated. It's one of the challenges of teaching in particular areas.

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Re:Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kid... by pbhjpbhj on Friday April 20, 2018 @06:51AM (#16883730)

Do you mean "a bad experience of education" or do you mean "a bad experience of school"?

If its the former could you expand on that, like they learnt to read and it messed their life up?

I understand the selfish desire to keep children near, no need to go in to that.

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Re:Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kid... by anouk_anca on Friday April 20, 2018 @04:52AM (#16883222)

Does reduced productivity at work correlate with more available time though? Take subsistence agriculture, which is very common in poor countries - it is usually done inefficiently, and yet it is very time consuming. In my experience, it's more the leisure time that gets sacrificed - parents have almost no social life while their child is growing up.

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