Welcome to season 4 of the Brave Writer Podcast, A Brave Writers Life in Brief.

I'm Julie Bogart, your host.

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And now, let's get going with this episode.

We're going to talk about learning to partner with your kids in writing and helping their

writing lives blossom.

One of the things that I know from working with parents all these years is that there is a reluctance to give your own efforts to your child's writing.

Here's what I mean.

When your kids are in school, teachers will tell you, do not help your

child with homework. Make sure that all the work I see was done by your child. Now, truth be told, plenty of public school parents are helping

their kids with homework. There isn't a child who's been assigned a diorama who's done

it alone and gotten an A. You know, the good diorama have parents gluing little figurines and

puncturing holes at the top and hanging threads with, you know, starfish hanging from them

in their seascape.

Parents who are involved in their children's education

get better grades, and those children feel more successful.

No matter how often a teacher tells you please don't get involved.

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