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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Assuming for the sake of argument that there is no value in homework in the early years (although the research on that is far more mixed than people like to acknowledge), it's still crappy parenting because it sets the precedent of only doing the things you find value in, regardless of what the expectations are of you. Good luck to those parents in a couple of years when the homework does matter (either because of its recognized value, or because it counts toward a grade) and they're having battles with their kids who don't want to do homework and have had it ingrained in them that homework is optional. Hopefully you're able to work through that with them before it affects high school grades, college admissions, job prospects, etc.[/quote]

When it matters and they don't do it, they will suffer the consequences.  Better to learn to do it on their own in elementary or middle school rather than in college.[/quote]

Are supervising a first grader doing homework and getting your fifth grader to do homework independently mutually exclusive? That's news to me.[/quote]

In my mind - kind of.  In 1st grade, point of homework (if there is a point) is to teach kids responsibility for doing homework.  So by 5th grade, DC will hopefully have learned that lesson.  Sit with the kid and force it in 1st grade, and you will be doing the same in 5th grade.  At least that's what it seems to me from watching my DC's friends[/quote]

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