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<p>By my reckoning a 10 year old in 4th grade should have about 30 minutes of meaningful homework on M-Th evenings and that is 2 hours per week. My then 10 year old usually had 2 hours per night and most of it was meaningless, busy work. He was even assigned a lengthy assignment over Easter vacation and often had weekend homework, both of which were ridiculous infringements on our family life. Most of the homework at that age was just a waste of time that could have been better spend playing outside.</p>