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Anonymous wrote:I am a couple years away from having to face this but I fully plan on rebelling against meaningless homework, particularly stuff "we" are supposed to do (because ... I finished with homework when I graduated from law school, thanks!)

I expect my young child to do school in school. After school is for playing, sports, music, reading, chores ...

Is this a joke???

I have to think this is a joke. When did homework become optional???

You can teach your kid this, but I hope they fail...

Anonymous wrote:I am a couple years away from having to face this but I fully plan on rebelling against meaningless homework, particularly stuff "we" are supposed to do (because ... I finished with homework when I graduated from law school, thanks!)

I expect my young child to do school in school. After school is for playing, sports, music, reading, chores ...

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Anonymous wrote: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.

I'm not bitching about it, I just don't require my kid to do it. But, since I'm just horrified that you (someone whose opinion I value so highly) look down upon me, I'll immediately change my ways! I do so want to earn your respect!

Anonymous wrote: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.

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Anonymous wrote:

I feel bad for kids whose parents can't be bothered to be involved in their education.

I do, too. But, school isn't the only venue for education. By the time my kids get home from school, they're exhausted. We don't do homework during the week and on the weekends, we do no more than 10 minutes per grade level. But, my kids have lots of educational opportunities they don't get in school and from which they benefit as much as homework/projects. If they have work that needs to be completed during the week, they can do it at school. It's never too early for them to learn time management skills and school/work/life balance.

Then I must have the most energetic kids in the world because six hours of school doesn't even remotely tire them out - mentally or physically.

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I think there is a balance needed. My first grader has a playground that she is supposed to create at home that is supposed to be mainly created by her. She is not capable of doing this by herself. I have no problem working with her and find it to be fun...until I see on Facebook the other projects that were created- which were certainly not created mostly by the children. Now I am worried that when she brings her project in and the parents come to see them later in the week she will be embarrassed since it is her work (with help) and not just my vision and execution like some of the others I viewed. I work full time and do the best I can but cannot dedicate all of my time to a project, nor is it the right message for my child. Like the leprechaun trap mentioned earlier, if kindergarten/first grade level projects were what was expected everyone would be fine with it, but since the projects have gotten so out of hand, it takes hours of work and is not what the teachers intended (or at least not what I think they expect) and this is just so the children don't get embarrassed. Anyways, this is just my opinion.

Anonymous wrote:

I feel bad for kids whose parents can't be bothered to be involved in their education.

I do, too. But, school isn't the only venue for education. By the time my kids get home from school, they're exhausted. We don't do homework during the week and on the weekends, we do no more than 10 minutes per grade level. But, my kids have lots of educational opportunities they don't get in school and from which they benefit as much as homework/projects. If they have work that needs to be completed during the week, they can do it at school. It's never too early for them to learn time management skills and school/work/life balance.

Anonymous wrote:

I feel bad for kids whose parents can't be bothered to be involved in their education.

I do, too. But, school isn't the only venue for education. By the time my kids get home from school, they're exhausted. We don't do homework during the week and on the weekends, we do no more than 10 minutes per grade level. But, my kids have lots of educational opportunities they don't get in school and from which they benefit as much as homework/projects. If they have work that needs to be completed during the week, they can do it at school. It's never too early for them to learn time management skills and school/work/life balance.

Anonymous wrote:When my oldest was in K/1st grade, homework was a huge battle. When he was in 1st grade, I got some very welcome advice from his teacher that homework wasn't worth the battle. If he didn't do his homework at home, he could do it when other kids were doing independent activities during class. We later learned he (and his younger brother) have learning disabilities and low muscle tone. My kids are mentally and physically exhausted by the time they get home from school. I don't blame them for not wanting to do homework and, frankly, it has very little value since they're tired. At the beginning of each year, we discuss this with the teachers and arrange to have homework due on Mondays so they can work on it over the weekend.

I don't think they've missed out on anything and are doing well in school. When they come home from school, they spend 15 minutes cleaning up the house and then doing whatever they want (no screen time) for about 1 hour, they eat dinner and go to bed. There's not much time between when the get home from school and when they go to bed. They're doing the best they can and I see no need to push them more than they already are.

I feel bad for kids whose parents can't be bothered to be involved in their education.