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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand WHY a parent would not help and review the homework.  Its part of parenting.  If you don't want to help, then don't.  That's pretty sad for your child that you cannot be involved with their education.[/quote]

Homework should be a reinforcement of concepts learned in school.  If it's reinforcement, then my child already knows the basic strategies of what's being asked of him or her.  In which case, they are able to complete the assignment on their own and I'm happy to review it.

It's when my child says I don't understand this or We didn't do this in school yet that I get frustrated.  Maybe my child is lying and they did cover the material in class.  But over the years, she has demonstrated that when she can do the homework assignment, she will do it.  If my child can't do the homework assignment, then it wasn't taught to my child in a way that she understands.  If she doesn't understand it now, she won't understand it when it's time to demonstrate her understanding on the all important tests.  By not doing her homework for her, we are telling the teacher that my child needs help in this area.[/quote]

By not doing it, sends the wrong message to your child.  Oh, its too hard, no problem, don't do it.  Or, mom or dad is so busy, they don't have the time to help you.  [b]The teacher is not going to stop and teach your one child till they get it. [/b] They keep going and your child gets more behind and lost.[/quote]

Actually, my children's teachers will do that.  And I guarantee that if my child didn't understand it then others in the class did not understand it either so the teacher should go back and review.  [/quote]

Then, you got lucky with a good teacher.  We had one teacher (in a private so we are leaving) send the classwork home that our child did not understand with the homework and expected us to teach it.  (which we did for our child's sake, but I thought that was bizarre given we choose the school for its small class sizes).[/quote]

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