What is this, more parental guilt being heaped? We all want our kids to be “able.” Absolutely nothing says DH and I were qualified to give all the support they needed, all sorts. We also made the effort to get one psych counseling when needed.
But nor does paying for tutoring automatically mean some college advantage. I generally see it as a form of “catch up,” no? There’s an issue and you take some step to improve it? It either takes or it doesn’t. The thinking is too dang simplistic, if you ask me. Some insisting that money is always an advantage. That without gobs of money, you’re doomed. And that with it, all things are possible. That’s not life, as I see it.
Tutoring and support are available in other ways than paying exhorbitant fees. It’s not perfect, but might be more fruitful if the topic more often turned to how kids can help each other. But, nooo. It’s got to be money and guilt?