Stephen has homework in kindergarten, plus a longer school day at his charter school. I am not a fan of either, frankly. And it's already a battle. Weirdly, if I let him play, he's usually doing the same kind of thing with his tanagrams on the fridge or with an activity workbook, or just by fooling around with paper and pen and scissors. I hate making him do homework. It's a reasonable amount -- one or two sides of paper -- but the principle of it stinks. Yet the other school option sucks, so this is what we have, and since we have it, we're striving to play by the rules.
It falls under the general category of "things my kid doesn't want to do," as does brushing his teeth. So there's that angle, too: it's less a battle about homework and more a battle of wills/not wanting to be responsible. I'm not sure what to make of that, except that it at least makes homework seem less evil, since it's in the same category as tooth-brushing.
Right now, the only hard and fast rule we have is no TV until the homework is done. I haven't yet been faced with him saying that's okay, and just doing things other than homework. I'm not sure I'd have the heart to make him stop doing good, productive play activities just to do specific homework. I definitely will not let him sacrifice sleep for school, like I did and was encouraged to do in HS. That's too damaging, psychologically more than physically.
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Date: 2013-09-20 05:16 am (UTC)It falls under the general category of "things my kid doesn't want to do," as does brushing his teeth. So there's that angle, too: it's less a battle about homework and more a battle of wills/not wanting to be responsible. I'm not sure what to make of that, except that it at least makes homework seem less evil, since it's in the same category as tooth-brushing.
Right now, the only hard and fast rule we have is no TV until the homework is done. I haven't yet been faced with him saying that's okay, and just doing things other than homework. I'm not sure I'd have the heart to make him stop doing good, productive play activities just to do specific homework. I definitely will not let him sacrifice sleep for school, like I did and was encouraged to do in HS. That's too damaging, psychologically more than physically.