why do parents do their kids homework?

[joko]

or at least most of it...whats the point of it if the kid doesnt do it...?

[gen2]

How else will the teachers find out if the parents are keen to support their child's education?

[AlBags]

http://www.theanswerb...k/Question899068.html

Like this one? lol

[cherrychapstick]

i don't do my kids homework ...if they need help i will show them how to do it if i know how to if they still don't understand i tell them not to do it so their teacher knows that they find it difficult to understand

[joko]

well, yes, barmaid appears to have spent a long time doiung research etc - surely the kid should be doign that...?

its one thing to assist and advise but actually doing it for them...??

(to be honest i think homework is a waste of time and unfair anyway - they spend all day in school, and then have to come home and do more! hoem time should be there free time...it should be abolished)

having said that...if they have it, surely it defeats the purpose if the parents do it

[Mamyalynne]

I agree ban homework now!! Its a travesty if they can`t teach them enough at skool!!

[lindapinda]

Naughty Mamya ;-) lol

[tamborine]

I couldn't do my kids homework :(

Mam, Carabint sends you his love.

[Mamyalynne]

Aww Cara Mia, he is lost in cyber world ha ha, bless send my love right back♥

[redcrx]

they do teach them at school. Homework is a way of seeing if they can take that knowledge away with them and to see if they can understand it fully i suppose.

Some work, like that set by reception classes has to be done by a parent and child. There is no way a child can do some of it alone.

[annie0000]

I always find it a bit frustrating when the kids have to make some object for homework (e.g. a viking longhouse, a palace etc.) and then you see some that are brought along and they have obviously been made by the parents - it ends up in a competition between them rather than the kids. Other than help with supplying material, and holding bits while they stick them etc, I have always let my kids make them themselves. My younger son was really upset when he didn't win a prize one year for the puppet he had made and the puppet that won had clearly been made by a parent. Not that he would have necessarily have won anyway, but that simply isn't fair. As for normal homework, I expect my kids at 8 & 9 to do homework when required and to come and ask me if there is anything that they don't understand and then I am happy to guide them, but won't do it for them. If they don't do their homework to an acceptable standard, then they have to deal with that, it's their homework not mine. That might seem hard, but I like them to take responsibility and the consequences.

In my view, the homework they get is a bit of an afterthought and seems to be given out purely as a bit of a waste of time exercise. When in the infants, I agree that the work given needs to be supported so that parents can view progress etc and the lessons need to be reinforced, but as they get older some of it does seems to be a waste of time, I'd rather they had something meaningful or nothing at all. To be fair, I am lucky that my kids don't struggle with their work, if they did, maybe I would find it more useful.

[DrFilth]

albags
the family had problems and she was trying to help

I drag her out of bed in the morning. (Her brother was taken into hospital today and so we've all been running round like loons).

[AlBags]

Hi
Sorry .. I was trying NOT to be TOO judgemental. It happens.
Hope things better next few days : )

[joko]

this is not aimed at anyone in particular ...but yes that post did kind of remind me to ask..

[suzie1]

we have this mum at school gates always going on about how her child (in reception with my daughter only 5) can read and write so neatly and draw good pics. her mum does it all for her, its so obvious, and boasts about it, i dont touch my daughters homework, let her get on with it and ask me if she needs help, and i check it all when done in pencil so if mistakes made, she can change them, i dont know why parents do that, let the kids learn from mistakes

[mollykins]

My parents haven't been able to help with my homework for a couple of years now, the best mum does is act as a super-spell-checker.

[LoftyLottie]

My son was at boarding school from age 11 and didn't have the opportunity for parental help with homework. This gives a much better idea of how a child is doing and there was always a teacher on hand to give guidance if they needed it. The most a parent should do is give guidance and help with spelling if necessary.

I don't believe in primary schools giving homework, except for lots and lots of reading to people, which is the best thing any parent can do to help a very young child.

[sherrardk]

I think homework is a waste of time but I do make my children do it (and I offer help where necessary). I taught in secondary schools for 16 years and always felt that homework was pointless - as teachers we were made to set it (v unfair on the kids who had already been in school all day). I don't mind coursework being done at home as it is very time-consuming but there is always the chance that parents do that too which is worse as it counts towards a final grade for a GCSe, etc.

[Eve]

It can help them develop skills such as self discipline and time management as well though which can help them in further study and whatever job they end up doing.

If there was no homework at secondary school then the move onto study like A Levels, which involve a lot more self disciplined study, would probably be one hell of a shock.

[cazzz1975]

I agree with jenna, although in the early stages homework may seem pointless but in fact it is useful in prepping the child to complete school work at home without supervision which will become more important as the child gets older.

[sherrardk]

I agree that they need 'training' to be able to study on their own at a later stage but have you actually looked at some of the work that is set - a lot of it is busy work which does not actually reinforce anything that they are actually studying at school.