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Right canta, being the resident expert (well, 'teacher' anyway), do you think, is it expected, that parents should/will/need to, help their children with homework?
I ask as we do help our little'un with his and this past two weeks he's had a project to put together. Some of the parents are up in arms about it stating that it's 'too difficult' for their age groups, that they received 'little or no communication' regarding the project, the list goes on. Now, as I say, we've helped him put this project together and I know of other parents who have done the same (spoke to a few last night at the local firework display). We've all had the same communication, in fact, our lad was off ill the week leading up to the October holiday so we had to go in and ask for any homework that may have been set. So it could be argued that as a family, we have received less communication on this project than some of the other families. However, he's completed it. As I say, we've had to help him with aspects of it as he found it difficult to adhere some parts together successfully. He's pleased with his completed project and was excited at the prospect of showing the class/teacher this morning. There are some parents however, who have actually refused to complete or indeed even start the project at all due to the reasons above. So that lead me to my question above. We've never officially been told by the school that parents are expected/need to, spend time with the children (when needed), helping them with their homework. But for all of the reasons I've outlined in this thread, we choose to help ours. I suppose the question could be reworded to: Is it the right thing to do, ie parents helping their kids with homework or should we be leaving them to get on with it and just try to complete it themselves? Would that actually be more beneficial to the children? ie learning that they aren't able to do everything themselves, that they need help sometimes? I'm not asking the question to 'trip you up' or any such like Canta, I'm genuinely interested in your professional and personal opinion and input on this. Thank you in advance of your reply.
I ask as we do help our little'un with his and this past two weeks he's had a project to put together. Some of the parents are up in arms about it stating that it's 'too difficult' for their age groups, that they received 'little or no communication' regarding the project, the list goes on. Now, as I say, we've helped him put this project together and I know of other parents who have done the same (spoke to a few last night at the local firework display). We've all had the same communication, in fact, our lad was off ill the week leading up to the October holiday so we had to go in and ask for any homework that may have been set. So it could be argued that as a family, we have received less communication on this project than some of the other families. However, he's completed it. As I say, we've had to help him with aspects of it as he found it difficult to adhere some parts together successfully. He's pleased with his completed project and was excited at the prospect of showing the class/teacher this morning. There are some parents however, who have actually refused to complete or indeed even start the project at all due to the reasons above. So that lead me to my question above. We've never officially been told by the school that parents are expected/need to, spend time with the children (when needed), helping them with their homework. But for all of the reasons I've outlined in this thread, we choose to help ours. I suppose the question could be reworded to: Is it the right thing to do, ie parents helping their kids with homework or should we be leaving them to get on with it and just try to complete it themselves? Would that actually be more beneficial to the children? ie learning that they aren't able to do everything themselves, that they need help sometimes? I'm not asking the question to 'trip you up' or any such like Canta, I'm genuinely interested in your professional and personal opinion and input on this. Thank you in advance of your reply.
