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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I totally look down on the parents on here who are bitching about some homework in the elementary years.  If you don't want to help your kid or check it over, so be it.  If you want to bitch about it, though, you're clearly passing that attitude (overtly or covertly) to your kids.  What a shame.  [/quote]

Go ahead and look down on me. [b]My kid will be your kid's boss some day,[/b] because your child will be so busy internalizing lessons about boredom, paperwork, and compliance with authority that he will not learn the skills of creativity, executive function, and expression that are essential for success in today's economy.[/quote]

We shall see, won't we?  That's quite some statement, about which you have no knowledge.  I'm looking down on parents who pass the attitude onto their kids (about homework the parents feel is stupid).  [/quote]

It's called critical thinking ... Mindless respect for authority is very 19th century.[/quote]

This. Nobody wants to raise mindless automatons. Maybe some PPs don't think homework is worth the battle. Fine. But some of us think it's useless at best.  And at times, harmful.  I can and will say no when appropriate for my kid.[/quote]

And some think your reasoning is ridiculous.  Making a child do some homework that is assigned is not going to create a mindless automaton.  I'm not sure where you're getting this black and white.  I believe it IS worth a battle (though my kids don't fight it but even if they did it would be worth it) because it is assigned by a teacher.  Enuf' said.  That doesn't mean that I may not think it is worthwhile, but regardless of what I believe, my kids are doing it and will know there is no choice about it.  Harmful?  Doubtful.  Unpleasant?  Maybe.  Such is life.[/quote]

Amen.  So glad my mom raised me this way.  [/quote]

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