Not a bad read, just someone's perspective, generalities mostly.
Some super smart poster wrote something last year that stuck in my head. "Are you preparing the road for your child or preparing your child for the road?" (paraphrased)
I stopped micro managing my son's school work this year. I used to know when every assignment was due, when every test was, and would structure his time. I now just hold him accountable for his grades. He's an 8th grader this year. First nine weeks just came out, wasn't too pretty. But I think it helped him. We'll see. Travel coaches make the kids turn in report cards to them. He got some talk time from the coach on what not so good grades would to for his college opportunities.