Hello Homework!
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It's the beginning of fall, and as surely as leaves will drop, so will the homework. Pages and pages of it. Sometimes whole binders worth. Homework can be the source of many arguments in the home and I wanted to take a look at why, and what we can do about it.
In order to really understand what's going on, it helps to look at what's happening for both the parents and the kids, because homework is challenging for both of us in ways that are diametrically opposed, and this is how we so often wind up in conflict.
AS PARENTS, we may be feeling:
- a very understandable desire for our child to "do well." We may even be concerned that if our child can't do homework well, they won't do well in school, and then they won't do well in life.
- Sometimes our own bad memories about school may be getting unconsciously stirred...
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Nice to meet you! I'm Abigail.
I am the mom of two terrific guys, already tweens now. I assumed I'd know how to parent them just because I loved them, and was surprised to learn that love is not enough, and that parenting lovingly and effectively actually requires a set of skills you can learn! After many years of research, these days I am a certified Hand in Hand Parenting Instructor. I'm deeply passionate about sharing these amazing and counterintuitive tools which are as supportive to the parents as they are to the kids!
