<p>Agreed, Exie…but certainly meaningful homework can extend beyond free reading at home and the occasional big project, which is what the article seems to lean toward. And I suspect the kids who are really exhausted are the ones who have too much “meaningful” work–essays, complex reading, difficult problem sets. Kids might be turned off by busy work, but I wouldn’t say it exhausts them or stresses them out.</p>
<p>Call me old fashioned, but as a person who has worked with teenagers most of my life, I think the busier they are, the better–too tired to get into trouble. That said, there have been periods in my own teens’ lives when we’ve had to intervene when it looked like they were heading toward overload.</p>