Parents and children battle about homework all the time -- and this mom just wants to get it done. DimaBerlin - stock.adobe.com Homework: the nightly battlefield where parents and kids clash over math ...

The dog just ate all your excuses: A new study shows that homework may make students become better people. Kids who do their homework diligently tend to be more conscientious than their peers, ...

Yes, parents may be celebrating the return to school and the end of summer stress. But they may also be dreading the return of homework and the arguments, cajoling, and bribing that often comes with ...

When I toured a public elementary school last spring, one question in particular seemed to make the principal squirm. Do the kindergartners get homework, I asked? Yes, he replied, explaining that it ...

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So much of the homework advice parents are given is theory-based, and therefore not entirely helpful in the chaos of day-to-day life. People are told that students should have “grit.” They should ...

Just about every parent has had the homework battle at some point. The arc of the fight is familiar: the parents nag, the children avoid or procrastinate; the cycle continues ad infinitum. Is the ...

And I thought Miley Cyrus’ performance at the VMAs generated a ton of opinions. Ask parents how they feel about homework, as we did on CNN’s Facebook page, and the response is immediate and intense.

We live, for the most part, fairly similar lives to our next-door neighbors. Both households have two working parents, two kids and an appreciation for the way California weather affords them ...

Homework: one word that makes the heart of many a parent sink and is guaranteed, at any given time, to be causing rows in homes around the world. The homework debate has raged for decades. How much ...