Parents: Do you help your children with homework?

I helped my children if they needed but usually they figured things out for themselves. I would only help if they asked me. When they got older and the harder stuff came along. I couldnt help them anymore so they would ask their friends for help.

Yes I help my children with their homework only because the school has too many kids in one class to properly teach all the kids, and plus I think it is important to help your kids learn if your school is failing them!

My oldest is in 2nd grade. If she does not understand something that I will help her out. For the most part I just check her work afterwards. In the case of my kindergartener, I usually walk her threw things.

My daughter is in 7th grade now, and I always help when she asks. I have always helped her with her homework since she started school. If she doesn't understand something that her teacher taught her that day in class, I go over it with her using her books and the internet. I never do her work for her, that wouldn't really be helping her. I am more like her personal tutor she has available at all times. I am no teacher, but I had good grades in school, and I had great study habits. When I don't know something, we look it up together. It seems to work pretty well for us. She is not at all afraid to ask me for help, and she is an independent child, so I like that she comes to me for help.

Yes, me and my wife help our kids in doing their homework. But we encourage the kids to do their own homework first then we look after their work. If their work is right, that's good, if not then we try to explain to them how to do it. You (Parents) and your kids can do the homework in mathematics, social studies, english,etc. While the kids really needs our (parent) help in doing their projects in Science, particularly the exsperimentation. I am wondering if the teachers really consider the time of our kids in doing their homework. Sometimes the deadline for their homeworks are impossible to accomplish.

My daughter is only 5 so I have to supervise her all the time when she is doing her homework. When she is reading I try to get her to work out the words herself but sometimes have to tell her what they are if she can't do it. With her maths homework it is so easy that she can always do it without help anyway, but I always check it and make sure it is neat enough. I think parents should help with homework as the schools don't always have the time to teach all the kids properly so they need help at home too. However I don't think you should do their homework for them as that doesn't help them learn.

Here's my thought on homework: Homework is supposed to be a tool used by teachers to check on whether or not lil' Joey or lil' Susy comprehended and understood the lessons the teacher presented to them that day or during that week. The teacher is then supposed to take the homework and check it over to see who grasped it, who didn't, who needs some pushing, who is doing okay, who has improved...etc. Ah, but that was school and teachers when I went to school in the early and mid 80's. Today, my own kids have been in school systems where the teachers don't even check the homework to see if it was done okay. Often, the children came home with 2 and 3 and 4 hours of homework on topics the teacher never taught--there were no notes in notebooks to refer to, or textbooks that had explanations that you could have your child refer to and help them be independent. Many cases, I had to sit and teach my kids before they could do the homework lessons. I would have to sit and search for the lessons online and give out my own notes to my kids. But that was one particular 'Lazy' school district in Arizona, where the teachers literally said, "It is not our job to make sure your kids get the work, we are only here to give the work." *shaking my head sadly* Now, my kids are in a DODea school for military dependents overseas. Though we see problems in the education they receive, they are not as severe, and the teachers are pretty good at what they do. I will say, homework still is not used as the tool it was meant to be used as. We do see many teachers that use it for busy work, and with so many schools adopting block scheduling for classes--the kids are in main classes for 90 minutes at times and so the teacher lets them do homework in school. What does this do? If I was a kid in school today and the teacher said you have the last 20-30 minutes of class to do 'homework' I'd rush to get it done so I didn't have to do my 'homework' at home. It creates a bad habit. My son, who graduated from high school last june, spent his last 2 years of school with no homework cause of block scheduling. Now he's in college, and he had a hard time re-adjusting to the fact that he gets homework--alot of it...LOL. My involvement in my kids school work has always been me making sure they did it. I will not do it for them, but if they have a valid question I will try to explain it to them, or point them to the internet to find their answer. I still feel that teachers have to use homework as a tool to see how well they managed to reach their students--so, if I were to correct the homework, how would the teacher know if the child understood the work? If I see that my child didn't understand it, I can then also call it to the attention of the teacher, allowing the teacher to assist in helping her student.

Yes, I help my child with the homework, she has to do it herself but I verify whether it is done correctly some questions specially General Knowledge the teachers give them tough questions then I have to find the answers myself some things are beyond the child's grasping power so they just can do it then parents have to do the school has to know what the children are capable doing then they should give that type of homework so that parents involvement is negligible.

yeah they should.. and actually not help.. but make children undersatnd what they are doing.. and not just help... but should not help so much that children gets totally dependent on parents.. instead should just make children undersatnd and why kind of thing.. so that when child grows up.. can think really quick and fast.

I remember that when our boys where in school we as parents hes jobs, my wife checked the theoretical homework and I was responsible for the technic side like painting, to help them with parties like birthday etc'.

I would never do my kids' homework for them. That doesn't teach them anything. I will help them, and try to guide them into how to find the answer themselves. If they've done something and it's wrong, I encourage them to leave the wrong way on the paper, and then help show them how to do it correctly. That way the teacher can see that they had problems with it and might need some extra work.

I used to help them when they were in elementary. But now one is in high school and the other in college and I don't know any of the subjects they teach them. If they have problems I ask for help with their aunt (who is a teacher) or go to tutoring classes.

Yes I do help my kids with their homework, regularly. No, I do not do their work for them, and they know better than to ask me that LOL I don't help them only because classes are big although that is true as well. I do it because it is crucial for kids to know that their parents are with them in this, that their parents show them that their school work is important for them. Many very bright kids, stop doing their best because at home there is no interest on what they do at school. Helping with homework can take a variety of forms, from actually help them if there is something that they don't understand and needs to be clarified, to take a look at what they have to do and comment on one thing or other, to ask them what they did at school and how is the homework tying with that, to research with them and help them learn by themselves how to efficiently research topics, to read a book they need to read for a report and talk about it with them, post a good test they did on a board to show how proud we are of their accomplishments or even put a picture they made at school in the refrigerator. More than helping with the homework, it is showing interest in what they do, showing that we find it important that motivates them. ANd that is a good thing :)

doing one's homework himself is a very good idea. It not only lifts his capabilities but also gives power to tackle problems in the coming years. And as far as the issue of parents doing their children's homework is concerned, it is not at all fruitful. He may get good marks in assessmnet, but can't utilize his brain for further development. Each time he will depend on someone. So, help your child doing homework, don't do it yourself for him.

I would say I'm on the "assisting" side of this one. I dont do their homework for them, I will guide them, in the right direction. I do try to check over their work and point out obvious mistakes or careless ones. They need to improve their penmanship...OMG...its horrid, hard to read, so that makes for a lot of re-do's in the neatness department, LOL.

I do help my kids with their homework. I don't do it for them. I may do a problem (in math) so that I can show how its done, but thats all. When its a project, I may help more. Like my son had to make a pinata for Spanish class. I cut and fringed the paper and he did all of the gluing and the design. I also listen to the youngest two read a half hour every night. Then I ask questions. I don't always check over what they did, but if its something that they had problems with - I will.

Helping children with their homework is an absolute must now a days. If you don't help them they will fall behind and it really makes me upset. Don't get me wrong I actually enjoy helping my kids when they need it and of course checking their work for them. I do have bounderies, I will not "do it for them" I want them to learn and doing it for them does not help. But as of lately my youngest two are in the same grade and their teacher is getting extremly lazy! She is sending things home that normally get done in the class as a full class participation, such as reading the history chapter. She told the kids that no one seems to be following along and it is making her crazy so now a slip is sent home that I have to sign after we read the chapter together. If it is signed then they get 10 extra points. This makes it something I HAVE to do with them because otherwise it will not get read. Teachers are taking advantage of parents more and more. Yes, we need to assist and help but we should not be the ones teaching!!! I feel bad for those children who do not get the help at home that is now required they must be falling behind increasingly. Good topic, thanks.

I usually help my kids out when they need it. When they're totally confused or have no idea at all, that's when I help. They usually figure it out for themselves. I just check it afterwards.

Well my son is just in the pre-school hence does not have homework. Essentially he has gets notes from in his teacher in the study book as to what was taught at school in the day. In the evening either me or my wife would sit with him and just do revision of whatever was done in the school. We have divided the topics if the day involved coloring at school then my wife gets it done and if it is a new alphabet or a new number taught at school its my turn to get it revised. But I would say it is fun and a very interesting an rich way to spend time with our son and he also enjoys it a lot.

parents has to help their child in home work if not how they learn if they commit any mistakes. in that age itself dey have to learn wat is wrong and wat is right