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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not true. ^^ I find it very frustrating that whenever the subject of TOO MUCH HOMEWORK comes up, someone - usually a male voice who wasn't much help to his wife when the kids were growing up and now enjoys beating people up on the internet as a retirement hobby - makes this remarks about 'screens".  Sorry, 18:36 is that is not your demographic.  But it is a pattern and in so many cases it is simply not true.  In our household we have rigid screens, phone, Iphone and computer rules.  NO TV during the school week etc.  Homework comes first.  But the kids are still going to bed at midnight and getting up at 5:30 and it has nothing to do with screens or phones.  Sorry 18:36 for the vent, but I'm tired of this prattle every time a serious poster compalins about too much homework.  Too much homework has ruined our homelife, our kids' lives, and our ability to enjoy and do a lot of activities.
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Well, you got my demographic wrong -- woman, of childbearing years, lol, AND I'm in the workforce!  And sorry, your rhetoric -- homework that has ruined your homelife and kids' lives?! -- sounds, shall we say, overheated.

On a more serious note, if your children are getting only 5.5 hours of sleep a night they are either (a) over-committed to activities; (b) in a school that is too hard for them and you should re-assess; and/or (c) are putting too much pressure on themselves to be perfect, whether or not you are putting on such pressure.  [/quote]

I apologize for getting your demographic wrong.  I have seen this happen so many times.  Parents complain about too much homework.  And then someone (usually male who had no involvement in taking care of the kids or homework - I do ask - btw, how old are your children?) pops in to lecture what poor mothers we are and that our kids are lazy and are spending all their time on Iphones, playing games, or on the computer (for non-school work).  In all the families that I know who are suffering under the homework burden, irresponsible kids with too much screen time is not the problem.  As to your questions
(a) they (my kids) have no activities to "Over-commit" to because of the homework - which also means they are getting flabby from sitting all the time, which I don't like; (b) they are in public school so there is no where else to go; and (c) they are not perfectionists.  They are simply trying to get through the assignments for seven classes, including prep for tests and ongoing "projects" (make a diorama; make a poster; make a diagram of your house).  They do not get enough sleep which is why I support SLEEP.[/quote]

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