Avoid C's and D's by Getting Enough Z's: Re: Homework denies kids of sleep

» dorothy7 - Re: Homework denies kids of sleep

I can definitely understand your situation. I think the best way to tackle this one is to communicate with the teachers. Ask the teachers, "how long do you think these homework should take?" And if they say an approximate time that is way below than the time your kids are taking up to finish the homework, then the teachers need to analyze the situation more. Are the other kids in the class taking about the same time as your kids when it comes to homework? Sometimes it only takes one parent to bring up an issue that is concerning most parents in the class. It is important to address this issue with the teachers, keep the communication lines open and work out a solution from there. You may even like to log down the time your kids take to finish homework, per subject. Let's say it takes 20 minutes to do an English homework but two hours to do a Math homework, then you can gauge where exactly the problem lies and the teachers can investigate further. I hope you get this situation solved as early as possible. Let me know what happens and thanks for your message.

-- posted by dorothy7