<p>You have control over kids’ homework. Each year, I notified our son’s teachers in writing that homework in our house is optional for elementary and middle schoolers as we don’t see any value in it. If he wanted to do the outside assignments that was fine, but not required by us. He chose to do projects that interested in him, but did not do drill sheets or busy work. We were unconcerned about the homework portion of his grades, and teachers found it hard to grade down a child who excelled on exams and class participation. If he had struggled with a topic, we would have addressed it with him one-on-one time. We never saw any homework that was more valuable than his free time or our family time. I realize this goes against the grain, but it IS an option. And it doesn’t appear to have affected his ability to handle the workload or do well at BS.</p>
<p>I think we ARE getting the homework question wrong for younger children at least. I don’t know what issue or problem homework is trying to solve at that age.</p>