A Canadian study shows that homework offers no benefit to kids before junior high and, in fact, may be doing some harm in terms of stress and marital stress.
Homework is of little benefit to students from junior kindergarten to Grade 6, say the authors of a just-released Canadian study, who also found it is often the source of stress and burnout in children, as well the cause of conflict – even marital stress – for many families.
This sounds about right to me. Kids that age need to be kids. Even going into junior high and high school, while I think there should be homework, it should be somewhat limited. Even high school kids shouldn't be doing three or four hours every night.
My favorite part of the article was at the end, though.
But He said her daughter doesn't enjoy the schoolwork. "To be honest," she said, "she prefers to play."
Ya, think?
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