Just one look at your child’s face after school and you know you’re in for a long night struggling with math homework, answering questions about past and present tenses and giving advice about what ...

Are your kids fussy about doing their homework? Do they always come up with excuses to delay their work? Do they hate doing their assignments? If yes, then you might be under a lot of stress thinking ...

A couple of months ago, we had quite a debate going on this blog about the importance of homework--how much should be given, whether it’s effective, and how much strain it puts on families. So when I ...

There was a story in The Wall Street Journal in late April that should concern parents across America. It wasn't about inflation or the peril facing regional banks: It was more serious than that. It ...

Homework time may be viewed as the most daunting part of the day, both for children and parents. This period comes in towards the evening when all that children may want to do is play, sleep or watch ...

Homework: one word that makes the heart of many a parent sink and is guaranteed, at any given time, to be causing rows in homes around the world. The homework debate has raged for decades. How much ...

Dad walks by his 14-year-old daughter Sophie’s room and sees that she is talking on the phone. He is enraged. It is 8:30 P.M. and she has not started her homework. Dad yells at her, "Get off the phone ...

On Jan. 16, I issued something of a spontaneous cry from the heart in opposition to stupid homework assignments that do nothing to advance children's learning and serve only to overwhelm them and ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Kevin Longonop, 10, is being assisted by his mother Viola Longonop to finish homework at their home at Kambi Samaki in ...