... do parents study for their children

Only in Greece do parents study for their children

This has nothing to do with lifelong learning and I'm sure parents all over the world help their children with their homework when they are young and then monitor their work as they get older. but what Greek parents do is unbelievable.

Parents consider it their duty to help their children all throughout their student life.

They will open up their bags for them as soon as they get home and check everything they did at school and see what their homework is. Then when it's homework time they will open up their notebooks for them so they can do their exercises. No wonder they don't even know which book is which most of the time and have no clue what is in their bag.

When students struggle  (or simply can't be bothered) with subjects such as history, the parent -in most cases the mum- will study the lesson and then say it to the child sentence by sentence so they can repeat it and until they memorise it.

What's strange is that this continues right up until lyceum for quite a few students and it is considered part of being a parent. Anyone who is not actively involved in their child's homework is looked down on.


I wonder how these kids manage when they go to university..