Doing Homework Independently

How Much Should Parents Do

The sheer volume of the homework assigned is greater than in the past. So how much help should parents give. We must realize we are not doing my children any favours by doing their work for even though we feel as though we are judged when our children hand in less than perfect homework assignments.
Be a Homework Facilitator. These Are Some Rules.
1. Provide an environment conducive to doing homework. Eg. no tv on school days, with the rare exception, and a hearty snack after school before the witching homework hour.
2. Provide all the materials that they need to complete a project. Have scissors, glue sticks, markers, coloured paper and poster board on hand.
3. Be a sounding board for ideas especially older kids who are in high school and writing essays and papers.

4. Be knowledgeable about the subjects they are learning. Read the novels the study so you discuss the books with them. If they are genuinely stumped on a problem or concept help them look it up in their textbook.
5. Let them fail. So that they might succeed in the long run.

The most difficult for all parents which is why they get sucked in to doing their child’s homework. None of us likes to see our children do poorly at anything.
It would have been easy to do the work for them, to write the essays, or to spoon feed him the answers. We want them to get a good grade. However, we also want them to be capable, independent, and confident in their own abilities. Let them do it and learn from the challenge.