Started to happen when I was a kid in the early 1990s. Sometimes parents get way too involved in their children. Parents should not be their children’s friends.
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Please get rid of homework!!!!!
I never had much homework growing up, and my poor 11 year old twin daughters have always had a ton of it. Then one of my daughters is special needs (the other gifted), and things take her about twice as long as my gifted daughter. We can’t do anything during the week, and every weeknight is stressful.
I don’t want to homeschool. My daughters love their school, but I just hate homework.
i'm a little confused with this part.
My high school math teacher had the following policy in her upper level classes: Homework was optional, but everyone who completed all of the homework during the term was guaranteed not to get a failing grade. I skipped most of the homework, doing it only when I felt like I hadn’t fully understood that day’s concept in class. I like the policy, because it saved me a lot of time and repetitive drilling I didn’t need.
That said, this approach probably wouldn’t work with younger or more marginal students. Some benefit from extra practice and drills. For others it’s just busy work.
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Canada should spend less time doing homework and more time designing a bigger logo to put on the space shuttle robotic arm.
**Could this be the end of hyper-parenting? **
Hopefully. As more children are born, parents will realize they don’t have to be so perfect.