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As long as homework is in fact reinforcement of what's being learned in school then it's valuable and can he considered parental involvement if done together or even if a parent just checks it when it's done. [b]The parent is involved in creating a home-school partnership[/b], which is important for children to see. [/quote]

I honestly don't understand where this idea of the "home-school partnership" with parent involvement comes from. It was absolutely not the expectation in my middle-class, academic, Midwestern, public-school experience in the 1970s and 1980s. [/quote]
Expectations are different now than when we were growing up.  Because most kids in families on this board will get help if needed from parents, if your child never gets help their materials will look markedly different.  Also, you are talking about a different situation/time.  Its one thing not to have homework assigned and say you came out ok without it.  That's a different situation than having homework assigned and just not doing it.  There may be negative consequences from that attitude that have nothing to do with the actual homework.  That said, I don't think the homework of my first grader is particularly helpful (helps me stay in touch with what he's doing), but I also don't think it's harmful.  And I confess, it is not the homework that prevents us from building a compost.[/quote]

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