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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Homework sucks! They go to school for 7 hours. Isn't that enough to learn something. High school homework is ridiculous and my kids barely sleep.[/quote]
kids in other countries work harder.  Your kid will be competing with these kids for jobs.[/quote]

Yes, they're all competing, but mostly for jobs they will hate (just like their schoolwork) and that will probably be automated before too long anyway. Noone really wins that way.

Another way is to prepare children to be independent, adaptable and creative thinkers who work well with others but don't simply follow the herd, and who will be equipped to find their niche and confidently use their unique strengths to create a better world for themselves and for others.[/quote]
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90% of adults work in jobs they probably don't love.[/b]

Doing HW and working hard doesn't mean those kids don't know how to work independently, be adaptable and be creative thinkers.  A project which requires creative thinking can also be HW.

I teach my kids to work hard, be creative, think for themselves.  These are not all mutually exclusive.    I teach my kids to not be afraid of working hard, and that might include doing HW.[/quote]

That's pretty sad, and it seems sad to me to prepare children for more of the same.

Being an independent thinker, IMHO, means learning to judge for yourself whether a homework assignment is worth doing to get you closer to a larger goal, or whether it's just busy work that is not benefitting anyone. And if the latter, saying no thanks. Essentially, the way another poster on this thread said s/he encourages their kids to view homework.[/quote]
I think you need to prepare your children for real life, and that includes the fact that the majority of people don't *LOVE* what they do.  I don't hate what I do, but I don't exactly love it. It's not my passion. Very few people get to do what they love and earn a good living from it.

If you don't prepare your kids for this reality, they will be hugely disappointed.  I tell my kids that real life is hard and to live the way we do is expensive.  I *never* discourage them from chasing their dreams, but I let them know the realities of life.  If they are happy to chase their dream, but not be able to afford a certain way of living, then I won't discourage them.  But, they should know what real life is like, and then make their decisions. Otherwise, I've failed as a parent to prepare them for real life.  Obviously, you teach them this not at the age of 5, but certainly, as they get older.

For early ES, doing 5 or 10min. of HW is not going to kill them.  I think if a parent expects it to be perfect, then yes, that's probably not the way to do it. But, instilling the importance of learning and school is something that can be re-enforced by letting them know that HW is important.[/quote]

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