<p>My family’s experience would certainly back up Periwinkle’s point. Son at bs has many hours of homework. Son at home rarely has more than 20 minutes worth because he gets most of it done at school or during his advisory period.</p>
<p>It seems to me that the overloaded kids in her anecdotes were simply taking too many demanding classes. The solution is not the further dumbing down of our schools by mandatory homework limits; its children and parents learning to prioritize what’s most important. I just don’t believe that the child taking 5 AP’s is going to be more attractive to a top-level college than one who takes one or two in the academic areas in which she is most interested, freeing up time to pursue other interests.</p>
<p>And how does the researched jive this study with the many others out there reporting on the average time teens spend on social media/texting/video games, etc.?</p>