Now that school’s in session, I get a little more time to work at home without kids underfoot. My kids are now at ages where I don’t have to supervise them all of the time. They’re better off doing a lot of things independently after school. The challenge, at...
School’s out for the summer, and the kids are relaxing. After a rough school year, that’s a good thing. Everyone needs time for a break. But the schools love to give out assignments to be done over the summer. How do you balance summer vacation vs homework? I like...
Using StumbleUpon the other day, I came across an article on arguments against homework. The article’s a few years old, but schools still give so much homework I found it interesting. In first grade, my daughter gets 4 nights of homework a week. She has a total of 3...