Can your child be hurt by too much homework? 85 Articles

by Samuilovna

Do you remember how you felt about homework when you were a kid? Complaining about the mountains of worksheets and constant tests seemed a standard part of conversation. Why-ever would today's children feel any different? ...read more

by Heidi Marie Fleetfoot

Children develop at differing rates and what some children manage with ease, others will find stressful and difficult. Some can cope with allot of homework and even enjoy it. But for other children homework is far from a j...read more

by K. Marsh

Since when has working hard and exercising your brain ever hurt anyone? While kids need to be kids, they need to run, skip, climb trees and play with their friends, they also need to create a solid educational foundation o...read more

by Wayne K. Wilkins

Homework is a major issue and an important key figure in a child's life from a young age. The answer is yes, too much homework CAN and WILL hurt a child in many ways if they and their parents are not careful. The main issu...read more

by N. A. Hernandez

Personally the mother of three children which one is in fourth grade, is that he receives to much homework already, I can not imagine how it will get in the future! He is still just a kid and wants to go out and play with ...read more

by April Dawn

"Mommy! I just feel like this homework is keeping me from the things I really want to do!" My son, Ethan spoke these words to me just last night. He has an insect report to complete in eight school days. The repo...read more

by Barry Williams

"A little hard work never hurt anyone." Time and time again my aunt would drone on as she endeavored to inspire me to ascend to great heights and reach the pinnacle of a sound education. I often thought that if she wanted ...read more

by Angela S. Young

The answer to this question is simple: yes. The problem comes in when defining 'too much' homework. One solution is to break it up by age/grade. Young children should have little to no homework. Going over papers as '...read more

by Michele Van Pelt

I am the mother of two children, one in elementary school and one in high school. I am of the opinion that homework will not hurt a child as long as it is given in moderation. I believe that the schools and the teachers ...read more

by Mark Hopkins

Children are not all the same yet they all go through education in circumstances where it is often necessary to give groups or classes similar lessons or assignments. In an ideal world we would tailor each child's educatio...read more

by Patti Winters

All children need time to play and have fun. If there entire time after school is focused on homework then they won't develop to their full potential. I have two children and they have been in two very different school dis...read more

by K Bert

I have 3 children at school as I'm writing this. My oldest is in the fourth grade and I also have a boy in the second grade and a girl in the kindergarten. It seems to me that homework varies from one teacher to another...read more

by Danelle Springer

Yes, a child can be hurt by to much home work. The problem is in defining what is to much. Is two hours of home work a week to much for a grade schooler, or is four. With older kids, do they have to have to do homework f...read more

by Sunny

As a teacher and a parent I have mixed feelings on the amount of homework that is given or should be given to children. After spending 7 to 8 hours in school with little or no recess, kids need a break from school. They ...read more

by Jane Allyson

Your child cannot be physically hurt by too much homework. Depending on the nature and intelligence of the child will dictate to how much doing too much homework will effect them. However, doing too much homework could aff...read more

by Mark Dawson

How is "too much homework" measurable? And at what point is "too much homework" not productive to actually learning a concept? I was a teacher and I never gave out a lot of homework (I gave about 2 homework assignments a...read more

by Ethel Smith

I think whether a child can be hurt by too much homework or not depends on the child , their age and just how much homework you call too much . When children are quite small their brains are relatively empty , like a ne...read more

by Gemma Wiseman

Too much poorly assigned homework may impact negatively on any student. If a teacher neglects to consider commitments and time frames of the students, homework may become something to hate, dread and ultimately something t...read more

by Karen Meeker

Children need practice on new skills, but there is such a thing as too much. For over seven hours a day, most children are in school. They are asked to focus, think, and sit still. Many students struggle with these expecta...read more

by Louise Debell

Can your child be hurt with too much homework? It is a question to be analyzed by the child in ways. There are children that crave work and want to get ahead of his classmates. In that sense. he is not really being hurt...read more