I have no problem admitting that when my grade school kids had lots of homework and his language arts assignment included coloring in a picture, that I colored in the picture. I also did work on the diorama part of his book report. Why?, you might ask, because my child should be working on language art skills in his language arts homework, not ART! When teachers assign stupid busy work that has nothing to do with what the students are supposed to be learning and being assessed on, it’s busy work. I have no problem freeing my child up to focus on important homework by completing stupid assignments that are used to decorate the classroom. Luckily these assignments tended to disappear in middle school and high school. I also helped edit essays when they first started writing. They were never taught how to organize an essay, so I worked with them so they knew how to, and what a good essay was like. By the time they graduated high school, they could do it on their own, but not because they were taught it at school, it was because I was involved. I also helped my kids make note cards to quiz themselves before a test, they learned from me how to study. If parents focus on helping their kids learn how to do things right, how to teach themselves, how to study, how to prioritize what assignments are busy work vs. those that are worthwhile, it’s all great involvement. I must have done something right, I have two kids succeeding at OSU in mechanical engineering.