I took over my second grader's class project, and I regret it. My good intentions didn't teach her anything.

The author (not pictured) now feels like she has received homework, too, when her daughter brings home an assignment.Westend61/Getty Images/Westend61My daughter brought home a school project, and I treated it as if it were my own assignment.I felt satisfied with it — until another mom reminded me that kids should do their own work.I wish I hadn't hijacked her project and that she'd learned more autonomy.Last year, my first-grade daughter was assigned a diorama for a school project. She and