<i>There is a problem with how parents are involved with their kids education.</i><p>This is being too harsh on parents. My parents were very much involved with my own brother&#x27;s education. They tutored him, got him extra help, set up incentives, etc, etc. But he still did far worse than me. Meanwhile they had to pull me away from the books. I never got help with math homework because I never had any trouble with it. School just came naturally to me. I was just born much smarter than my brother. My parents never had to pressure me to learn programming, I picked it up because it was fun and I was good at it. Heck, I taught myself calculus because I found the problem solving fun.<p>And I see this observation over and over again. If a person is naturally good at cognitive work, sooner or later they will go whole hog on learning some economically useful cognitive skills. If a person is just naturally a bit slower, it will always be an uphill battle.<p>These personal observations are corroborated by adoption studies and twin studies. Twins raised separately end up closer together than non-twins raised together. Adopted children end up closer to their biological parents than their adopted parents. Etc. (sources; <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;SB10001424052702304898704577478482432277706" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;SB100014240527023048987045774784...</a>  <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencemag.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;genes-dont-just-influence-your-iq-they-determine-how-well-you-do-school" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencemag.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;genes-dont-just-influ...</a> )