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[quote=Anonymous]My son is in 1st grade. He had homework in K, but I refuse to fight over it, so he almost never did it. I would say one time, "remember you have homework" and then move on with my evening (mainly cooking dinner). My son was not falling behind academically, so his teachers kind of rolled their eyes, but when I explained that it was a 45 minute fight every night they told me it wasn't that important.

So he had a bad homework grade in kindergarten.

Now in 1st, he has a very no nonsense teacher who has somehow gotten him to care. He has done his homework every single week with almost no complaining. He gets a packet on Monday that's due Friday, and my son can do it all at once, he can do some each night, it's up to him. Sometimes he doesn't finish it, and I don't go over it or help unless he asks.

Some people will crucify me on here I'm sure. But I already finished 1st grade (I'm a law school grad - I chose a different career path though), so I don't need to do his homework or watch over his shoulder while he does it. That causes more problems than letting him take responsibility for it. [/quote]

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