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[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]

Judging by the parent chat for my child’s second grade class, most parents are helping children with the homework routine at least to some degree.

There are also some parents who don’t help at all and their kids get in trouble for not doing work.[/quote]

Didn’t mean to deny that some kids do great without parental involvement in their homework routine, but just saying that judging from my experience at our school most seven year olds do seem to need help with homework.

I’m sure different schools are different.  Our teacher says the target time for homework is 20 minutes a night plus reading.[/quote]

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