I think the answer largely depends on your child’s school homework expectations. My kids are currently in 7th and 10th grade, and as they’ve grown up, our school district’s approach to homework has changed “significantly.” When my older child was small, for example, he had homework in first and second grade. I had to “help” with the homework. That meant making him sit down and actually do his homework. It wasn’t fun for both of us. Since then, elementary schools have stopped assigning too much homework. By the year my younger son entered fifth grade, there were a few projects that required a little parental assistance, but nothing routine.
Now in 10th grade, he sometimes asks for help. For example, he wanted me to help him review concepts for a chemistry midterm. One time, someone asked me to drive to Kinko’s to print something because they didn’t have a color printer at home. This 7th grader missed a week of school this winter due to illness. I needed a little help emailing one teacher about a missed assignment. But otherwise it’s very rare that I do anything related to their homework.
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