Many of us got help from our parents with our homework when we were little. Again, many of us were able to improve our grades thanks to this help. But according to a new study, this help our parents give us is actually… It was not very helpful for our development.

The study, which used data from two databases of private and public elementary school students, revealed that there was no significant association between parental help with homework and a child’s math or reading success. In the study with data from 1997, 1998 and 2001, the children factors such as socioeconomic status and educational status of their parents was also discussed.

No matter how much help is given:

On the other hand, research shows that helping children more or less found that this had no influence on the results. Although it is not known how this surprising result came about, approximate explanations were given. One of these explanations was that parents gave the answer directly instead of teaching their children to think. children, therefore He could not experience the ‘tension’.

Another explanation, however, was that children felt pressured to seek help from their parents. While all these results show that helping their children with homework is not very beneficial for parents, previous studies have shown that the relationship between the child and the parent is actually this way. could be better also showed. To find the most effective point in the middle, new research needs to be done.