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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At my dc center the homework is light.  Maybe 20 or 30 min?  It is hard to remember 3rd as now 6 th.  Homework has never been an issue and often either does at school or on the bus ( as ride is a bit longer than base school.)

I don't think it is the homework amount but the child.  Even AAP kids have issues.  If you talk to my friend, you would think our kids are at different schools.  Mine can sit to task and get it done, hers cannot, so homework takes a lot of time.  Both are in aap.

I have one at base just like my friend's dc so I know what she is dealing with.  Some kids can just " get it done" with no parental help or nashing of teeth (dc 1) and one cannot (dc2 and lots of nashing:)

Again, I think it is more the child than the amount. The one in aap swims, plays an instrument, does scouts... is busier than I would like but all asked for by dc.  Great grades.  The other, limited activities, as everything takes a long time and this child likes to be home.  Good grades but we have to monitor everything. 
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I agree with this. I am in a similar dilemma as the OP.  It is like pulling teeth to make my DC do his homework.  Things that he can do in his sleep take forever because he wants to play.  And anything that has extensive writing is just plain painful.  He is in the pool and now I feel like a bad mother for thinking of myself and the hours of frustration that AAP homework is going to create.  On top of it, we like to keep our kids in a lot of extracurricular activities, I think exercise is extremely important.  From talking to other moms I know that a lot of kids finish the same homework on the bus all on their own.   It's such a dilemma, especially since he is such a  smart kid with and most likely belongs in AAP.[/quote]

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