THE HOMEWORK DEBACLE

Now that school has started just about everywhere there is the dilemma about homework and the role of parents in homework. We all want our children to do their best. We all want our children to excel. So how do we decide what the boundaries are for teenagers and school work? We have learned that teenagers want to make more of their own decisions and actually do better if given some of that decision making ability. We also want them to be on track for developing responsibility for their own behavior. This being said I believe that we need to allow teenagers to manage their homework process and schedule at least until they have messed up. If that does happen we then need to discuss with them what happened and how they plan to correct their approach. The sooner we move to this approach the better. If it is early enough we don't have to get into the worry about how important high school GPAs are for college applications. There may be times when we give consequences for playing video games and defaulting on homework or things like that. Mostly we are trying to guide our teens into managing this themselves. Occasionally I see college students where the parents are still managing homework. As you can imagine this is a much more serious matter. Good luck. Sherri

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