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The school year is in full swing now, and we are back to three hours of homework every night, various physical and mental antics done in order to avoid homework, and the kids calling each other names.  That encompasses the majority of what “back to school” means for this mom.

What?  That’s not normal?  What is “normal”, anyway?  The only “normal” that I know of is a setting on a dryer.  That’s about as much familiarity as I have with “normal”.  And when it comes to kids and homework, I feel like I’m the clothes tumbling in a dryer.

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The great homework battle comes and goes in our house. Sometimes, my daughter sits down and dutifully pulls out the workbooks and sharpens her pencil and gets it done. Sometimes, she wants me sitting at her elbow and will do silly things to keep me engaged in her homework routine. For example, she’ll tell me that she has to read out loud the last chapter of reading, even though this has not been the requirement since first grade. Sometimes, I think homework is a time for her to make me pay attention to her.

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During the president’s first State of the Nation address, he called on parents to be responsible and make education reform a success by starting at home. And then he mentioned the word my kids dread - yup, homework.

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Homework can be challenging for parents and kids when ADHD is in the picture. In order to prevent hassles, the first place to start is at your child’s school.
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