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How to step back when you've been over-involved

I've been micromanaging my daughter's homework since elementary school and now she's a junior in high school who can't do anything academic without me hovering.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Years of academic oversight have created dependency rather than competence, leaving a parent and child unprepared for impending independence.

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