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[quote=Anonymous]Here's how it works in my house (I got so sick and f-ing tired of the nightly homework battle, it was ruining our lives!).

I leave it up to my kid to start his homework. If an hour goes by since he got home and he still hasn't started it, I tell him to do his homework. If he needs help, I go sit down and help him. I will go through all of it with him if necessary. I used to tell him it was his work, not mine, but he would get so frustrated and be in tears. Eventually I reached my breaking point with it and realized it wasn't worth it to be this miserable everyday. If having me sit through it with him will resolve this HUGE problem , it's worth it.

The other day he did all of it without my help, so I know that he WILL do it without help if he can. He was very happy and proud when he showed me it was complete and without my help. So it reinforced to me that I made the right choice to help him when he needs it. I have also found that when I help him, I have shown him strategies to do things faster and memorize certain things. He also appreciates my help and expresses gratitude frequently.

I think that every kid is different, and some kids need help (or do better at least with help.). Others don't need it and those parents are incredibly lucky, but that is definitely not my child. [/quote]

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