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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know OP, when I was in K or 1st grade, kids didn't *have* homework.  When I got older and started having homework, I don't ever remember my parents helping me with it.  It was my responsibility and when I didn't do it, I was the one who got a detention for it.

Somehow I grew up to be a responsible person with an adequate enough education to hold down a good job.

Frankly I think it's a shame and a waste of time that my 2nd grader is spending our evenings doing addition so she can color in a puzzle of a bird.  She is fine at math and doesn't need to be spending our time together doing math bird puzzles.  She's a perfectly strong student and promises to do just fine in school, like her older sibling, even if I don't fill out a piece of paper for school confirming for them that we read for at least 20 minutes every night.  Which we do.  We are almost done with reading Harry Potter book 5 together.

Frankly I see homework for these young kids as assignments for the mother, not the kids.  And we moms already have enough to do.

Maybe there are kids in the class that need he extra homework practice but really, I know mine is not one of them.

Now, we *do* do homework most of the weeks.  But I can see how some parents might opt not to.

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It's almost as if I wrote this! I agree completely. Why do I have to be responsible for my first graders homework? Why does she even have HW? I didn't have HW until maybe fourth grade and no one helped me or sat with me to do it. We still do it, but I hate having to remind my child every night and I think it's too much after a long day including aftercare. 
I said this out loud and the other moms disagreed so I guess lobbying for no HW isn't a possibility. [/quote]

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