u/Comfortable-Step-50

I understand sending a kid for tuition if they're genuinely struggling, but what about kids who are already doing well and still have tuition for almost every subject? At what point are we actually helping them and when does it just become parents being scared that someone else's kid will do better?
If my kid is already getting 80 plus I honestly don't see why they need tuition. At some point the extra few marks aren't worth losing their weekends over.

My kid just started P1 and I’m honestly a bit worried I’m already letting them fall behind. We can’t really afford tuition for every subject, but I keep hearing other parents talk about their kids going for Math, English, Chinese etc and it makes me feel like maybe I’m not doing enough. For those of you who had tuition growing up, did it actually help that much? I’m scared that by the time I realise my kid needs help, it’ll already be too late.

First-time parent here and I genuinely can’t tell if I’m being too relaxed about this.

My child is still in lower primary and isn’t failing or anything, but I keep hearing other parents talk about tuition like it’s basically part of the school timetable now. English tuition, Math tuition, Chinese tuition… some kids seem to have something on almost every weekday.

I always assumed tuition was more for when a child is actually struggling? Like if they’re already passing and understanding most of what’s taught in school, wouldn’t extra tuition just be paying someone to teach them the same thing twice? 😅

But then another part of me wonders if I’m supposed to start early so they don’t fall behind later. I’ve even heard people say that by P3, if you haven’t started tuition, you’re already playing catch-up… which sounds slightly ridiculous to me, but maybe I’m just naive.

I’m also trying to work out a budget. I was thinking maybe $4000 a month total for one or two subjects should be more than enough at P1/P2?

And honestly, do P1/P2 kids even need specialised tuition teachers? I feel like at that age most of the work is basic enough that any decent tutor should be able to teach all the subjects.