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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think once you start staying home, it won’t seem so overwhelming.  Is your house baby-proofed? Your toddler doesn’t need an activity with you at all times.  They can and should be able to move about the room/floor your on within sight of you with nothing crazy happening.  Just let them be to play and explore.  Doing homework with a 7 yr old can’t be more than 30 min per night.  Surely your toddler can stay occupied, or on your lap, play with the dog, whatever.  People homeschool older kids with toddlers at home.  It’s not difficult and you’ll figure it out [/quote]

My kids always did their homework by themselves. In elementary school, it was often a math worksheet and reading. I never helped my older 2 with homework. I was probably too busy with the baby/toddler. My youngest is in third grade now and I never helped her with her homework either. Her homework takes her 5 min. She now has study guides and tests. She does them by herself.

I was an immigrant kid and my parents never helped me with my homework.[/quote]

Ok, well that’s irrelevant[/quote]

It was about homework. 7 year olds don’t need help with homework.[/quote]

It was about how she can help with her child’s homework with a toddler. She wasn’t asking for your opinion on whether she should or shouldn’t be helping him-  you don’t know her kid or what their homework is.  Just bc your were not involved doesn’t mean that is the “right” way.

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My kids are strong students. Just because I didn’t  have to help them with their math worksheet doesn’t mean I’m not involved.

I fully acknowledge some kids struggle and need more help.  Our struggle was always and still is juggling sports and conflicts having three very busy kids.[/quote]

Some schools expect parents to be involved. Students need to read out loud to an adult every night or parents need to check over homework so that they can go over things that are incorrect. My child has to write multiple sentences about a book she is reading every week using three red words. She had a kenken the other night and I had no idea what it was (neither did she). Some kids want a parent close by to help if they don’t understand an instruction. I understand some kids get a simple addition worksheet a few nights a week in 1st grade and that’s the extent of their homework. My first grader has friends who never have homework. If homework is not an issue for you consider that your experience may be different not that you did things better or that parental involvement is unnecessary. [/quote]

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