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06.22.08, 19:18 PM General Topics
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How much does having a WOHM vs. SAHM matter once kids start having homework? Worried that with afterschool and commute, dc will be at a disadvantage because I work FT. We'll have very little time to do HW together and still have playtime. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.22.08, 07:18 PM Flag
 

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I think, and we're not there yet (ds is just finishing K), that in the earlier grades assignments are handed out in advance, so there's more than one day to do them (Where my sister's dc go to school, they get homework on Friday due the next Friday.) By the time they're in 4th or 5th grade, they can do homework themselves, and you can just check it over. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:21 PM Flag
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that could be okay. Thanks. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:21 PM Flag
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I'm a FT WOHM with kids in NYC public grade school. They do afterschool and I pick them up and they have sometimes done some of their homework but not all of it. They get about an hour a night, usually. So we have dinner and bath and then homework and then a little bit of downtime all in there and then bedtime at 8:30 on a good night and more like 9 on a typical night. It's tough [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:23 PM Flag
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np: how old are your kids? And is it assigned that day? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:26 PM Flag
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They just finished 1st grade (twins). Homework is assigned each day to be turned in the next day. For 1st grade it was an hour: reading, writing and math. Most of the hour was alloted to reading aloud. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:29 PM Flag
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Oh, boy, Hope at my dc's school they do it differently. I like the hand out homework a few days in advance process better. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:31 PM Flag
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I hope the same for you, too. In second grade, I'm told the HM is 1 1/2 hours a night [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:40 PM Flag
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-- sorry, meant HW, as in homework [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:42 PM Flag
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I got it. I work late on Mondays (get home at 7:30), so I guess the babysitter will help with the homework and I'll look it over. Not a great process for parents who want to be as involved as possible. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:46 PM Flag
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what school? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:47 PM Flag
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PS 6. 20-25 mins of reading aloud, then writing the book names in a reading log. Then math games, which take 15-20 mins, then recording the results on a sheet, then spelling and sometimes sentence writing. Also sometimes we had drawing and writing about the drawing [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:58 PM Flag
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YIkes. That's a lot for first graders. What time do you pick them up? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:42 PM Flag
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just before 6 [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 07:46 PM Flag
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