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Yes, unless a child is behind. And I can't imagine the whole class is behind.

Homework is generally pointless in early grades. [/quote]

Developing study habits is not pointless.  I'd rather have five minutes at first grade so that the habit gets established before it jumps to hours.
 
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It's not necessary to learn that type of thing so early.  I didn't have any homework at all until 6th grade.    Most of the kids in my generation didn't.    I had no problem doing what I had to do when it actually got assigned.

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I didn't have any homework at all until 7th grade, and yet once I did have homework, I did my homework.

If it were up to me, there would be no homework in elementary school. But it isn't up to me. So my children do their homework. What's the alternative? Telling them, "You don't have to do this homework, because I've decided that it's useless and meaningless, but later on there will be homework that you will have to do, even though it might also be useless and meaningless?"[/quote]

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