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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Yet DCUM has posters who proudly state they are anti-homework for early grades, research shows it's not appropriate, they don't like their child being pushed so young blah blah blah. The double standard starting as early as K is so interesting[/quote]

So, you want your five year old in school all day doing "academics" and then you want him to come home and do homework?  Really?

I have no problem with a homework folder for K, if it is something like reading a book with your parent every day--counting something, etc.  Something that takes a very short period of time and requires that the parent understand what the child is learning at school.

Same for first grade-- maybe a five minute worksheet at home, just for review and to let the parent see what is going on.

If you expect a young child to be at school all day and then come home and do homework, please let me know when he plays?[/quote]

In DCUMland, when white kids don't do their homework, it is because their Mommies think it is developmentally inappropriate. When black and latiino kids don't do their homework, it is because their parents don't care about education.[/quote]

First poster here, thank you for getting my point re: the double standard.  [/quote]

And to the middle poster, my child has not yet entered K so I haven't formed an opinion yet about homework.  But it's good to know that if DH and I choose to have him skip an assignment some busybody parent (23:07) will be taking notes and making assumptions because my kid has brown skin.  [/quote]

I am not a busybody parent. I volunteer in your kid's class and help plan events for the school. Ultimately I care about my kid and his achievement. The same 5 kids never brought their homework back on Friday. I genuinely felt bad for the kids.

If you skip homework once in a while, that is your choice. No need to be defensive about it.

This thread is about the achievement gap and I saw first hand how it starts in kindergarten. I will admit that I spend a lot of time and energy to enrich my children. Homework is a priority and my kids know that it needs to be done. We never skip. Of course there are occasions where we can't do it that day and then we double up the next day.[/quote]

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