Table 4.

Educational challenges of parents

Main concept	Subtopics	Example responses
Attachment challenges	Increase in educational dependency	“My daughter has become very dependent. She thinks that if I'm not there, she can't study.”
Changes in school-related parental controls	Increase in the use of electronic devices and the Internet	“At first, she was at home doing nothing but playing with the tablet; however, later she used it for her school works. Whenever you tell her to put it aside, she says: ‘Now, I should send my homework’.”
Changes in school-related parental controls	The possibility not attending and paying due attention in the class by the child	“I have to ask: ‘Are you in class now?’ They can easily ditch the online classes.”
Parents' challenges due to macro systemic changes	Doing homework is time-consuming for parents	“Because I have to prepare the things that the teacher has asked to prepare... I can't do other chores.”
Parents' challenges due to macro systemic changes	Lack of time for personal tasks	“I don’t have any free time for myself. I used to do sport but now I can’t do anything.”