My frustration with the homework situation intensified recently when I went on a search for proof that homework helps young learners. There’s a lot of recrimination involved, there has never seemed to be much learning. The daily worksheets he’s reluctantly pulled from his bag every afternoon since his first day of Kindergarten looks heavy in his hands. This is not at all the reaction we had hoped for or anticipated.įor the last two years, homework has been a struggle for my second grader. This is not at all the reaction we’d expected. My wife and I exchanged concerned glances. READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to Homework “Are you afraid of your teacher? Or are you afraid you’re not going to learn the stuff you need to?” I asked softly. “But my teacher will get mad at me!” he said through hiccupping sobs.
He was right on the edge of inconsolable. I’d just told him that I wasn’t going to make him do homework for a week. We were, at least for a second, too stunned to recruit - too confused really. My wife and I stared at our first-grader as he broke down into sloppy tears.
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