" Professional parents are always looking for things to help their children. My son was very intelligent but had ADD, so it was very difficult to keep him engaged with standard materials."
"The problem comes when parents use direct methods: when they are able to use their own wealth or power as a substitute for their children's qualities.
Parents will tend to do this when they can. Parents will die for their kids, so it's not surprising to find they'll also push their scruples to the limits for them. Especially if other parents are doing it." - PG, After Credentials
This is why the Princeton Review, Kaplan, etc. make fortunes. Test prep is probably the easiest to make, most profitable type of education software.
"The problem comes when parents use direct methods: when they are able to use their own wealth or power as a substitute for their children's qualities.
Parents will tend to do this when they can. Parents will die for their kids, so it's not surprising to find they'll also push their scruples to the limits for them. Especially if other parents are doing it." - PG, After Credentials
This is why the Princeton Review, Kaplan, etc. make fortunes. Test prep is probably the easiest to make, most profitable type of education software.