Letters to the Editor
Alison
Published Letters: 2 Editor's Choice: 1
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Homework Hell all right
[Read the article: Homework hell]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thank you Ayelet for sounding off on this subject - I wholeheartedly endorse your comments. You forgot to mention however, that homework is anti-family. Homework was devised in an era when mothers were at home to do the supervision and the nagging over whether it even got done in the first place. When I get home from work, the first thing I have to do is supervise my young children's homework, at the same time as I'm cooking dinner and trying to find out what happened in their lives that day. The stress some evenings is unbelievable. Our whole family agrees that the best part of school holidays is that there is no homework - our evenings are so much more relaxed.
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What a beautiful letter
[Read the article: After all I've done for my mother, I'd like to strangle her!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thankyou Anonymous for such beautiful and heartfelt sentiments in your response to Cary's answer. I truly felt that you have a deep understanding of the complexity of the parent/child relationship, based on mutuality. The LW should find your advice invaluable.