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    Robin Abcarian: What kind of terrible parent pays their child to get an A? (Well, me.)

    Is it OK to pay a child to do well in school? I'm currently grappling with this question. Five years ago, my then-8-year-old niece moved in with me. Overnight, I became a single "mom" to a wonderful, if emotionally fragile, third-grader. She had been through a lot — four schools in two years — and so I wasn't sure what to expect from her academically. But she thrived in our local elementary ...
    by Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times Nov 17, 2023 3 minutes
    At Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles, Robert Montgomery teaches a "transition to college math and statistics" class to 12th graders, in 2019.

    Is it OK to pay a child to do well in school?

    I'm currently grappling with this question. Five years ago, my then-8-year-old niece moved in with me. Overnight, I became a single "mom" to a wonderful, if emotionally fragile, third-grader.

    She had been through a lot — four schools in two years — and so I wasn't sure what to expect from her academically. But she thrived in our local elementary school. And now she's finding her passions as an eighth-grade middle schooler in mostly honors classes. With the exception of math. A struggle I

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