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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My children come home everyday after school tired and overworked. They still have hours of homework ahead of them...what happened to childhood? Wondering what your thoughts are?

What can we do to free our children??!!!?[/quote]

You can choose not to sign your kid up for an extra-homewoek magent program!!! 
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The RM IB magnet is known for a heavy workload.  My kids went to the  Blair magnet and also had hours of homework.  I know how it can wear them down and sometimes intrude on family life.  However, that’s what they signed up for because it’s what they wanted.  They love to learn and were drawn to challenging subjects.  Complaining about it would be like an athlete complaining that practice was taking over their life or a musician complaining about rehearsals.

You can work with them on time management, but there will still be a lot of homework.  If it gets to be too much, you may have to place limits on your end.  One of mine (a perfectionist with ADHD) was burnt out by Senior year, so I insisted she have a study hall (instead of another demanding class).  The other was a type A personality, highly organized and efficient, who managed to balance things better, although there was still a lot of work to cope with.  If worst come to worst and the homework is unbearable, there is always the option of leaving the program, which is absolutely fine.  The vast majority of MCPS students (even the college-bound ones) have less demanding schedules and still go on to happy and successful futures.[/quote]

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