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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 549284" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>we are pretty routined here, but i am in the opposite camp in that homework is a non-negotiable for me--it needs to be done.</p><p></p><p>what worked best <em>for us </em>was to *immediately* do it after school. i mean it literally-not even a snack before its done...she was kind of lucky i let her pee first. i found that if she was allowed to relax or unwind (and believe me, she probably desperately needed to)--that she'd NEVER get back on track. some kids are easily redirectible at say, 7pm...mine wasnt. and frankly, our lifestyle wasnt conducive to evening homework. she needed to still be in school mode to get it accomplished and it was what worked best for us.</p><p></p><p>but do note: she didnt have an afterschool activity, she was home by 2:30ish, and had last lunch--so i wasnt inhumane ;-D</p><p></p><p>as she's gotten older she does take the initiative and does it durning the school day or on the bus, so it hasnt been a gigantic issue lately. it is still near impossible to self start any kind of multi step long assignment and i do still need to step in to break it down and spread it over several days (she'd probably do it in the end, but i cant take the wind up of anxiety and complaints that lead up to it).</p><p></p><p>i did step in with the teacher once last year on an assigment that was in-sane and we all worked together to modify it...after all of our teamwork, the assignment was modified for the entire class, because it was outrageous for all of them.</p><p></p><p>i hope i'm not cursing myself, lol--but this all has worked nicely for us.</p><p></p><p>as for clean up, well, i wouldnt be the right person to ask, lol--but i'd like to just say, good luck with that. and that if this in any way involves legos, barbies, MLP, polly pockets or any other form of play that has things that need to be put together or set up or anything that you'd be fighting a tough battle. *no one* wants to spend 8 hours putting together barbies pool and just when you get to play be told to clean it up--mom's included. i once had a MLP village set up across my formal living room for the better part of 6 months, lol....and we lived.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 549284, member: 8831"] we are pretty routined here, but i am in the opposite camp in that homework is a non-negotiable for me--it needs to be done. what worked best [I]for us [/I]was to *immediately* do it after school. i mean it literally-not even a snack before its done...she was kind of lucky i let her pee first. i found that if she was allowed to relax or unwind (and believe me, she probably desperately needed to)--that she'd NEVER get back on track. some kids are easily redirectible at say, 7pm...mine wasnt. and frankly, our lifestyle wasnt conducive to evening homework. she needed to still be in school mode to get it accomplished and it was what worked best for us. but do note: she didnt have an afterschool activity, she was home by 2:30ish, and had last lunch--so i wasnt inhumane ;-D as she's gotten older she does take the initiative and does it durning the school day or on the bus, so it hasnt been a gigantic issue lately. it is still near impossible to self start any kind of multi step long assignment and i do still need to step in to break it down and spread it over several days (she'd probably do it in the end, but i cant take the wind up of anxiety and complaints that lead up to it). i did step in with the teacher once last year on an assigment that was in-sane and we all worked together to modify it...after all of our teamwork, the assignment was modified for the entire class, because it was outrageous for all of them. i hope i'm not cursing myself, lol--but this all has worked nicely for us. as for clean up, well, i wouldnt be the right person to ask, lol--but i'd like to just say, good luck with that. and that if this in any way involves legos, barbies, MLP, polly pockets or any other form of play that has things that need to be put together or set up or anything that you'd be fighting a tough battle. *no one* wants to spend 8 hours putting together barbies pool and just when you get to play be told to clean it up--mom's included. i once had a MLP village set up across my formal living room for the better part of 6 months, lol....and we lived. [/QUOTE]
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