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[quote=Anonymous]I am a parent who helps with homework. But understand my approach:

I regard it as an opportunity to engage academically with my child and embed more critical thinking than they get at school. I don't do it for them, nor do I give them answers. And I don't help with all assignments -- just a couple that are particularly interesting or engaging to them. I try to steer my children to finding the right answer by helping them to think about assignments from multiple angles.

For example, third grader brings home a Continental Math League sheet. This is actually optional assignment, but the problems are fun. They're multi-step. I emphasize trying to figure out what the question is REALLY asking rather than simply helping them figure out the answer. We turn it into kind of a game -- a mystery to be solved.

For a writing prompt, I might ask probing questions to help expand their thinking instead of hovering over while they type to fix their spelling and grammar.

So, for all those people who think homework is worthless -- I disagree. We treat it as an opportunity for a healthy exploration of knowledge between parent and kid. Again, I don't do this all the time -- probably 80% of the time they do their own work, and by middle school it was closer to 100% of the time. But, where there are opportunities, I am fully engaged. And, btw, it helps instill a good work ethic for completing assignments on their own.[/quote]

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