Parents: Stop doing your kids' projects!!!!

We all have them in our children's schools. You know who they are. They're the parents who think projects were assigned to them, not their children.

I have four children. Three that are in school. Guess how many projects/assignments I have done for my children.... go ahead, guess! ZERO! That's right, ZERO.... and I never will.

I find it appalling when I take my kids to school and see projects you know damn well were done by the parents. These amazing works of art that include: painting, hot glue guns, hammers and nails, soldering irons, wirework, battery packs and for shits 'n' giggles... welding.

It's insulting on so many levels. It's insulting to the children who actually did their assignment. It's insulting to the other parents when you attempt to tell us little Timmy did the project all by himself and it's absolutely insulting to the teachers intelligence that you think they don't know YOU did the project!

So my question to you parents out there who do this is: WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM? Seriously. I mean, why do you think this is remotely ok?  Don't even use your kids age as an excuse. Helping is one thing but doing the whole project is NOT helping.

Are you going to do all your kids projects when they're 30 and working? Don't answer that.

Fact is, you are in no way, shape or form helping your children. Projects help facilitate growth on so many levels.
They help facilitate the thinking process and their imaginations. A teacher can get to know your children so much better when they ask about the child's project and THEIR thoughts come out. Not YOUR thoughts. They get to learn about trial and error and how to resolve issues. They get to learn how to research. They learn public speaking and how to explain their projects and THEIR thought process in front of the class.

Physical things even occur. Motor skills and dexterity are challenged.

So, what you're in fact doing when you do your children's assignments is stifling their growth. You're telling your children that you don't trust them. That they aren't even good enough to try. You're telling them their work isn't good enough.
You're telling them you're embarrassed by them.

You'll eventually usher in resentment, then laziness and entitlement.

As to the teachers who allow such behavior.... why?  It's not fair to the kids who worked hard and did  their work. It sets a horrible example. It even sets an expectation that the parents can do their work. NOT COOL.

Ask the child if they did the project and how. If they say their parent did it or can't explain how it was done because their parents did it, give them a big, fat ZERO. Stop awarding the bad behavior of the parents by giving the project a grade!

I know I've probably offended some parents who do their kids work but, I don't care. You're actions are despicable and desperate and just downright ridiculous. Knock it the hell off already.