For me, as a parent, I am ultimately responsible for their education. While I might not want to know about every nitpicky detail even through high school, I would find it necessary to check in to make sure they didn't need help or weren't behind or were doing okay. But through middle school, I'd hope to have the kind of communication with the kids (and ultimately the teachers if it became an issue) so that I would have a handle on how they were doing.
Again, doesn't mean that I would lord over their homework time, but I'd sure want to be sure they weren't slacking, etc., before reports came out.
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