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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent I hate homework because my kids have poor executive function and always need help remembering what they need to do. DH probably spends an hour or more each night helping them with math. I don’t think the homework should be something that kids can’t accomplish on their own, although I know they need to figure out how to do this for college.[/quote]

I know it is a struggle, I am an adult with ADHD and learning issues. My Mom spent so much time working with me on executive functioning issues and homework, math was particularly hard for me. All that time paid off because the skills eventually took root and I didn't need her help as much in high school. I learned how to ask for help when I needed it, which helped me in college. I went on to earn a PhD.

That time at the dining room table, which was frustrating as a child, taught me persistence and developed the skills I needed as a teenager and as an adult.

There was no way I could have completed my math homework alone, I didn't learn the way they were teaching. My Mom could help me figure out the answer and then translate it to the way it was being taught in the classroom. I never took honors level math, but I ended up teaching statistics to undergrads. I had a better understanding of why my undergrads were worried about the class, most took it as Seniors and their last requirement for their major. I made mistakes solving things on the board, numbers flipped and moved around, columns got confused. They saw that, pointed out the mistakes, we re-worked the problems together. They learned.

I am sure my Mom would have preferred to be doing other things then solving word problems with me but her patience taught me to continue to work and that she had faith I could do the work. It was the most valuable gift she gave me. [/quote]

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