HypnoticRoots t1_j6mhhqp wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:19 AM

Reply to comment by BreakfastBeerz in Parents hate homework just as much, if not more than their kids. by PeculiarPete

Actually, OP did not go into detail for why parents hate homework. People in the comments have given their own reasons.

For me personally it has nothing to do with not being able to help with it... It's just the fact that kids are in school for 7 and 1/2 hours a day where I live. After that I feel like they should be free to do after school activities or spend time with their families. My 13-year-old has a couple hours of homework every night and I would just love to be able to hang out with him in the short time we have in the evening.

Additionally some kids don't have the time and resources after school to really get that homework done. Some kids have to watch their younger siblings. Some kids have to go to work. Some kids just live in an environment not conducive to completing homework, unfortunately.

I do however understand the importance of the occasional homework assignment or extra work if you need the practice. And of course there's always projects... It's the daily busy work and over assigning of homework that bothers me the most.

BreakfastBeerz t1_j6mvg1n wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:39 PM

Safe bet you're a stay at home parent? Unfortunately, working parents days don't end when work does. There is still a pile of house work to be done, make dinner, do dishes, wash laundry, and whatnot. As much as I'd love to just sit down and spend all that time with my kids, there is easily an hour after I get home where I'm working that the kids can do work too. The routine is they get free time from when they get home from school around 3:30 until I get home around 5:30. Then everyone gets their work done, dinner around 6:30 which we all eat together. Then we usually have another hour or so after that for family time.

HypnoticRoots t1_j6n04a6 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 2:16 PM

Lol I wish I was a stay-at-home parent!

I'm a single mom, currently working from home 🥴 There is indeed very little time in the evening for us to come together, just a couple hours really. And I have to start the bedtime routine with my youngest around 7:00 so it cuts the evening short.

Also sounds like you guys have about an hour of school work the kids need to do at home? My son easily has at least 2 hours of work every night. He's in middle school. I'm sure that will increase once he reaches high school. He's a smart kid and works independently well, but he gets so bored with the subjects because it's all so easy for him - and it still takes him a long time to complete things.

It is difficult finding a balance. I'm really glad that you guys are able to balance your routine as well as you can. That's all we can really do 💜