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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that 3 to 5 hours of homework a night is ridiculous, but I also wonder about time management in this family.  To  whine that your kid went to bed at 11:40 "because" they had 3 hours of homework, makes me wonder why they couldn't start HW until 8:40.

I have a kid who plays an intense sport, about 15 hours a week, and he knows that some days he needs to squeeze in some work at lunch, or read a few pages on the bus coming home.  If he waited until 8:00 to crack a book he'd never get through his homework.[/quote]

[b]And what are kids supposed to do who have to work part-time jobs?[/b][/quote]

This is such an important question.  This culture of more and more homework is one more way that kids from less affluent families are disadvantaged.  And it's not just part-time jobs (many of which are essential income for the kid/family) but responsibilities in the home.  When parents must work multiple jobs to support the family, older siblings often bear the burden of caring for younger siblings.  This forces teens and families to make heartbreaking choices between meeting basic needs in the present and preparing for a better quality of life in the future.  [/quote]

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