The school year's almost half over...

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The school year's almost half over...
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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 7:47pm
Is your work status working for you wrt

Sabina

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Tue, 01-23-2007 - 2:29pm

I would agree with that.

PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 01-23-2007 - 2:43pm

I may or I may not, becasue I oversee and am involved in my childs daily homework and have a homework routine does not imply that my child is not independent, already.

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Registered: 11-15-2006
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 2:46pm
Both, I check to see if their are problem's i can help them with, i know it is done, and we will go over the assignement's.
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Registered: 11-15-2006
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 2:49pm
My kids do their homework on their own i do not have to bug them about it, iam just involved in the process.
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Tue, 01-23-2007 - 2:53pm

Not sure if this is a double post, Go over, talk about it if their are questions, help with question's or problemslearn about what it is they are doing academically daily in school, check for mistakes that cuuld be easily overlooked, is that better?

My children are already responsible for their homeowrk.

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 2:54pm

If you oversee the homework, if you go over the over, if you

PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 01-23-2007 - 2:56pm
Very true, big one for me.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 2:57pm

Wow, even the 12 year old?


PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 01-23-2007 - 2:59pm
If you are overseeing your child's work and are involved in it, it DOES imply that he or she isn't doing it independently. In fact, it seems to me logically impossible for a child to be doing something independently when someone else is in charge of the process. I am quite involved in my younger child's homework -- he is the same age as P/A's older child, but nowhere near as independent. Based on what I saw with his older brother, the move toward near-independence with his homework will happen right around the beginning of 7th grade.
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Registered: 11-15-2006
Tue, 01-23-2007 - 3:00pm
If a parent is actually doing the homework the kid is leatning nothing, not sure how checking homework would stop the learning process? imo it help's it... our school want's us to go over and check what the child is doing so the parent is involved in what they are learning.

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