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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]You have such a warped, myoptic thinking it is hard to reason with you. If you don't want to do homework - DON'T...but don't judge me for making my kid comply. You want to revolt - and want others to join the revolution...sorry, honey...you "teach" your kids your way and I'll teach mine, my way[/quote]

Ah, I get it.  It's not okay for us to judge you for making your kid do all this homework but it's fine for you to judge us for not making our kids do it.  I don't know what revolution you're talking about.  I don't care whether kids do homework or not.  We all make choices we think are best for our families.  Your choices don't work for me and I don't care whether you approval or not and I don't care what you think of me.  I think you're trying to hard to justify your own choices.  Makes me think you're unsure about them.  But, I don't know know you care about my opinion any more than I care about yours.[/quote]

I think the attitudes you're teaching your children about which homework has value won't serve your child well in later grades, college, or the workplace.  In later grades, failure to do homework results in lower grades. Do you plan to say "that was then, this is now" when your child is getting Bs and Cs because they don't do their homework and say it's because they learned from you early on that some homework is optional? It may also come as a shock to them that managers in jobs often expect menial tasks to be completed and are not impressed by a failure to do so explained with "it was just busywork."[/quote]

Still not convinced. Just like school not being the only place learning occurs, doing busy work isn't the only way to teach kids about 'menial' work.  If homework is part of their grade or needed for learning and they choose not to do it, then they'll fail - as they should.  There are no benefits of them doing homework now and there are no negative consequences.  When that changes, our position on homework will change, too.[/quote]

Huh. In our school, failure to complete homework does, in fact, result in lower report card scores. 2nd Grade.[/quote]

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