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[quote=Anonymous]HHI $400k
I'm currently a SAHM but I fool around in the stock market; DH is a systems engineer and we also own a side business.  Our oldest child is in kindergarten (FCPS); younger two are in preschool.  The kindergarten teacher sends home one reading book per week, a list of words he's supposed to learn to identify and be able to spell which changes each month, and a packet of math exercises he's supposed to do each week (one exercise per day, plus a bonus list).  At the beginning of the year, it was suggested that all parents read to their kids 20 min each day.  Honestly, I don't find this to be a big deal at all and have no problem with it; the whole homework packet takes maybe 30 minutes every week, including all the bonus math stuff.  The math problems are things like, "Count how many pairs of shoes you have.  Now, count how many pairs of shoes one of your parents has.  Who has more?" He can do that while I'm getting dressed in the morning or folding laundry or whatever.  Lately there have been exercises involving cards, which of course he likes.  As for reading to the kids, we always read stories at night before bed, so that's not a problem.  I think it's been an easy way to incorporate homework into a regular part of the school routine.  I wouldn't want him to have hours of it per week, but he voluntarily goes and gets his homework packet and doesn't seem at all overwhelmed.  He still has plenty of time to play and do all the other stuff he wants to do.[/quote]

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