I’m not sympathetic to parents that view school as daycare.
I feel bad for those kids, but the education system shouldn’t cater to this behavior.
I feel like these kids are also consuming a larger share of education resources due to goofing off, etc because their parents may not be involved enough or setting higher standards/expectations for their kids.
It always gets framed as the hard working low income family who values education as a generational vehicle of mobility. The stereotypical immigrant family with mom and dad both working 3 jobs.
However, I feel like that is not the norm. There is a lot of people who just don’t care about education except for the free daycare and meals it provides. Many parents care more about their kids place on the sports team/etc than their test scores. They’ll let there kid play video games all day then cry about how remote learning doesn’t work.
While that might be good for reducing the achievement gap, it doesn't help parents who are being kept from returning to work by the need to care for their children