Homework

My thanks to Jan who commented on my previous post. I appreciate my readers comments and support. I do this so others won't feel alone, and in the process, when someone sends me a comment, it reminds me that I am not alone either!

Jan said she struggled with her own son and the homework issue. Like her, I believe that homework for kids like ours is a complete waste of time. It really is more frustrating than it is worth. Homework in general does, I believe, completely detract from a family's ability to have family time in the evening. I don't even have time to cook dinner! Much less have every one sit down together to get it eaten.

But here is the issue, unless ALL schools realize that homework in general is a waste of time, my son, and all other children, have to learn to manage their homework. I would love for his school to say "This obviously isn't getting him anywhere. Let's just stop the homework requirement." But then what happens when he starts high school. Think they are going to say that. NO!

So I could ask for less, or to have it modified (which they do some), or whatever....but the reality is that homework is a part of life, normal life. And if I want my son to learn to be like everyone else, to be "normal", then he has to learn to do this just like everyone else.

It just might kill me in the process!!!! :)