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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with all of the other posters, and your friend.

The only caveat I will add is that we've had some issues with time management and organization, so we hit a bit of a wall in 5th and 6th grade, as assignments increase and especially with multiple teachers/classes in middle school. To get over that hurdle, we were checking their "agenda" (student organizer) each night to make sure they had written down their assignments (or written NONE if there was none) and then confirmed they had completed the assignment. NOT checking work to see if it was correct, just if it was done. 
Once the kids got into a rhythm, we were able to dial that back.

Like PP, with larger projects (Science Fair, etc.) we do check in with the kids and make sure they are hitting milestones, and offering feedback, and yes pointing out typos, etc.

[b]It really is important for the teachers to see how your child (not you) is doing the homework. They want to know if they need to try different techniques/approaches etc. in order to make sure your child (and all the other students) are really understanding the material.[/b][/quote]

I'm 18:57. This may be true for some teachers, but I know that when I've talked to my childs teachers, they have no problem with parents helping their kids. She said to put a note if there was something they were really struggling with, or contact her if there was any problems.[/quote]

Former teacher here.  
Homework is intended to be practice for the student.  Knowing full well that parents sometimes help with or correct homework, it should never be graded.  It is true that teachers want to know if a student is having difficulty with homework.  The way I handled this was .... If a parent helped with or corrected homework, I asked that they add a little note letting me know the trouble spots or simply sign it if they looked over it.  This way, I knew that the child had assistance.  Since homework was never graded, parents knew they could be honest about any struggles the child had.  It was my job to help the student understand concepts that were problematic.  
I would never tell a parent not to help a student if the student asked for help.  I would also never tell a parent how to handle the completion of homework - they are the parents and it is not my job to tell them how to parent.  I am already “invading” in their time by assigning homework to begin with.  As a teacher, I simply want to know if there were any problem areas.  Trust between parent and teacher is important if they student is to do his/her very best.  [/quote]

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