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...Homework Survival...
WHAT KIDS HAVE long suspected and grownups won't admit is true: Parents hate homework too. While all parents want their children to excel, many fret over how much time homework takes up--and what kids are missing out on as a result. For working parents, homework is the third shift, after the office and after cooking and cleanup chores. Is it worthwhile? Should first-graders really spend an hour a night on work sheets? How much should Mom help? Some answers from experts...
...Just how useful is homework, anyway? No question, homework is valuable. It has a measurable impact on academic achievement, teaches responsibility and organizational skills, fosters study habits and shows kids that learning takes place outside the classroom. That value increases with age, so the amount of homework should increase as well. The rule of thumb: 10 min. per night per grade level...
...What if homework is taking the place of family conversation and games? Homework isn't necessarily the culprit. For children shuttled from lesson to lesson or for kids who have hockey practice every afternoon, homework is just part of a high-pressure package. "If you're going to send kids to a highly academic school or enroll them in advanced classes, you have to make that the priority," advises Michael Thompson, author of The Pressured Child: Helping Your Child Find Success in School and Life (Ballantine; 272 pages). "You can't pile on activities; the child will...
...that would have criminalized adultery. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who at first supported the adultery proposal to appease conservative allies, agreed to drop it, and last week pushed a 700-page package of penal-code reforms through parliament. "We have worked hard and we have done our homework," a tight-lipped Erdogan told reporters in Brussels. "There is no reason now not to receive a positive answer" from the E.U. Well, almost none. The prospect of a thumbs-up from Verheugen this week - his recommendation will be voted on by E.U. government leaders at a summit...