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| Tue, 10-21-2008 - 9:14pm |
At what age does a child need to be held responsible for actions?
My son is 9 and has been having trouble at school for the last few years (long story).. I have thought about this topic and dont really know the right answer. When does it become his responsiblity to make sure he has his homework done? Or brings everything home? Or fails a paper/subject? Or fail

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Amy, I agree with you to some extinct.
I am the mother of
Gianna became about 90% responsible for her own homework assignments at age 10. At DDs school, her fifth grade teachers told the kids at the beginning of the school year that they would be doing a lot of things to help prepare them for middle school the following year.
That is a good idea. Then they get in the habit of doing it too.
Amy!!!
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Hi there!
I think at 4th grade, it's too young to consider them completely responsible. However, I do think that they should be able to remember to bring their assignments home at night, and most schools give kids assignment notebooks that the teacher has kids fill in, and then the parents have to sign it once the homework is complete. I'm 22, and that's how it was for me in grade school, and that's how it is for my young cousins. But let me tell you, out of all the grades I've been through, including college, 4th grade has always been remembered as the toughest. For me, that was the grade that real learning began. The math and science turned very difficult, mostly because that was when simple algebra
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