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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am amazed about how cavalier people on this thread are about homework.  What a horrible message to send to your kids.  How arrogant.  "I'll decide if my child does homework or not.  The rules don't apply to us."  Ugh.  I hate people like you.[/quote]
OP here. This is how I feel. I'm not a rule follower but[b] I think it's important that my kids know that certain things just need to be done. I think it also helps go over things they learned that day. [/b]If teachers give zero for missing homework wouldn't more kids fail the grade? My first grader gets a lot of homework. Every night he has to read a book, a sheet of math, a sheet of English and a spelling test on Friedays. [/quote]

This. I view homework in early elementary grades mostly as habit formation, and secondarily as a means of reinforcing whatever is going on in the classroom. Unless there is a very compelling reason, such as moral/ethical issues with a specific assignment or a family emergency, my kids will do the homework that is assigned (at least until high school when realistically some prioritization may have to happen, letting an occasional less important assignment slide in favor of a larger or more significant one).[/quote]

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