schools
SOUTH African schoolchildren are in the midst of their mid-year exams, and children and parents experience the tensions and pressures of the exam period.
Observations inform us that parents have become intrinsically involved in their children’s educational curriculum. New and young parents today speak of the different demands. The motivations vary, but a common reason is to ensure their children become successful adults as they develop their intellectual capacities, personalities and life skills.
The term parentocracy, coined by Scholar Tan (2017), speaks of intensive parenting which entails material
