Word: homework
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Paliz likes to work late at night. "I've had projects due the next day, and I've had to stay up till 5 a.m.," he says. His multimedia work style horrifies his mother: "He has the TV on, the headphones on his ears, and he's doing his homework on the computer," says Wadette Paliz with a shudder. But she doesn't argue with success. Stephen George has also been known to do homework with the television blaring. "Initially I objected," says his father Stephen Sr., "but he convinced me he was able to focus...
...there is a rule on homework, it's this: let them do it in the way that works for them. Not every child needs silence and a desk facing the wall. Not every child can settle down to the task right after school...
Another rule on homework: be involved, but not too much. Math-homework sessions at Mike Terry's house used to end in tears. "I would lose patience with him," admits Tom Terry, who excelled in math as a youth. "Comparing him to the ways I might have done things at his age didn't work." He had to learn to be less overbearing and to see things from his son's point of view. "We care passionately about how he's doing, but we're just calmer on the outside." Says Mike's mother Karen: "Kids are not vending machines...
...Manning (Indianapolis Colts) and Ryan Leaf (San Diego Chargers), the top two picks in this year's draft. In the first third of their first season, they've been in long division on their best days. But on most Sundays it has looked as if the dog ate their homework. Both 22, they've been at or near the bottom of ratings for quarterbacks, and it's fair to say there has been nothing this ugly on a football field since the leather helmet...
...strategic-planning game. "Be as careful choosing software as you are with books," she advises parents. "Learn what's right for different ages." Marleen McDaniel, the CEO of Women.com lets her two boys, ages 7 and 10, play "almost as long as they like--as long as their homework is done." Intuit executive Scott Cook allows his three kids virtually unlimited time on the computer, with one trade-off: "We sharply limit...