Thank you for that link. I guess I need to adjust my assumptions.

I guess my assumption was based on the fact that women are increasingly more active in the workforce in the past few decades: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/female-labor-force-partic... (roughly from 40% to 60%)

Glad you are reconsidering your assumptions. Being a parent is hard. It is not like kids come with an instruction book especially for very difficult behaviors and other things like adhd, autism, anxiety and depression.

"Parents expect the school to fix/improve behavioral issues in their children"

Of course we do. The kids spend 7 hours a day in class and their behaviors directly impact what and how they learn. Regulating behavior is a life long skill that you learn. We send our kids off to school at age 5 typically.

I am tired of the blame the parents trope. We know and have therapies and interventions to reinforce positive behaviors and the schools should be working with parents to help them learn how to apply these in both the home as well as school.

> Being a parent is hard.

I know. I've got two kids and a third one on the way.

I should have chosen my words better. Both parents and the school system are responsible for educating & raising children.

There are some parents that expect the school to do most of that work. On the other hand, there are also parents that go above and beyond. Likewise some schools and teachers do an amazing job and can have a huge positive impact on our children, while other schools and teachers barely seem to care at all.

I'm not sure what my take-away is. I'm just very disappointed whenever I hear (some) kids say that their parents barely make time for them. The parents typically say they are just "too busy".