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    Children, College, and Confidence: Maya's Homework
 5:32 PM (9 minutes ago)
 Bunmi Laditan
 to
 Hello Maya's teachers,
 Maya will be drastically reducing the amount of homework she does this year. She's been very stressed and is starting to have
 physical symptoms such as chest pain and waking up at 4AM worrying about her school workload.
 She's not behind academically and very much enjoys school. We've consulted with a tutor and a therapist suggested we lighten
 her workload. Doing 2-3 hours of homework after getting home at 4:30 is leaving little time for her to just be a child and enjoy
 family time and we'd like to avoid her sinking into a depression over this.
 Thank you for understanding.
 warmly, Bunmi
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ryttu3k:
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dienaziscum:

fishcustardandclintbarton:

huffingtonpost:


Mom declares her daughter is done with homework in viral email.
Blogger Bunmi Laditan sent her 10-year-oldā€™s school a clear message.
ā€œHello Mayaā€™s teachers,
Maya will be drastically reducing the amount of homework she does this year. Sheā€™s been very stressed and is starting to have physical symptoms such as chest pain and waking up at 4 a.m. worrying about her school workload. 
Sheā€™s not behind academically and very much enjoys school. We consulted with a tutor and a therapist suggested we lighten her workload. Doing 2-3 hours of homework after getting home at 4:30 is leaving little time for her to just be a child and enjoy family time and weā€™d like to avoid her sinking into a depression over this.ā€


A++++ parenting šŸ’œ

Iā€™ve talked with a whole cadre of child therapists and psychiatrists about this very issue. There is little conclusive evidenceĀ that homework significantly improves elementary school childrenā€™s grades, understanding of subjects, or facility with various operations, processes, etc. However, plenty of evidence suggests that ever-increasing amounts of homework for young children lead to stress, anxiety, emotional fatigue, resistance toward academics in general, lack of leisure time to build social/interpersonal skills, and poorer family relations. Ā (My kids were doing about 3 hours a week IN KINDERGARTEN, at age 5 ā€“ so thatā€™s Ā½ hour every night, after a 6.5 hour school day, or else saving it up for long slogs over the weekend, even more disruptive. And that wasnā€™t including reading practice!) 


We have stopped doing homework altogether with my 7 year old as a result of severe anxiety/depression and a learning disability. She had gotten to a place where she had so little self confidence and truly believed that she was stupid and worthless, not just because of homework of course ā€“ but every time we tried to sit down to do homework with her, itā€™d end in tears with her really vehemently berating herself, and no amount of encouragement could ameliorate the damage done. Now, granted, sheā€™s got other things going on besides just an overload of school work. But in NO WAY did the homework help her, either academically or emotionally.Ā 
No little kid should have to spend an hour or more each night getting through homework. Now, my deal with Siena is that if she wants to give her homework a shot, I will absolutely help her if she wishes for help, but I no longer force her to complete all of it or to work on it for some set length of time before finally throwing in the towel.Ā 
Guess what? With the pressure taken off, sheā€™s actually doing MORE independent work now, purely out of the desire to learn and practice, than she ever was before weā€™d decided with her therapy team and school that homework was just not a thing this kid could handle.
Luckily for my older daughter my schoolā€™s 3rd-grade team decided to hand out homework only 3x/week, and the sheets take no more than 15-20 minutes to complete. That is totally reasonable for 8-9 year olds!Ā 
Anyway tl;dr just because the school system may require it sure as shit doesnā€™t mean parents canā€™t, or shouldnā€™t, fight it. Do whatā€™s right for your kid, and above all, let them be kids.Ā 

I eventually stopped doing homework because I was overwhelmed by it.

There was an article just the other day in the local paper about a primary school thatā€™s abolishing homework! You can read it here (autoplay video, gives you a few seconds to stop it).


Homework is intrusive in a young childā€™s life. It makes sense for adults who will likely have to bring work home with them so in college itā€™s good training. But for young kids. No.

Seriously Iā€™m 100% on board with this. There are high school students expected to do three or four hours and beyond worth of homework every day. Itā€™s fucking ridiculous. And I work in elementary school where we literally have little kids develop anxiety disorder and have panic attacks over homework and testing. This shit is not normal.
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Children, College, and Confidence: Maya's Homework
 5:32 PM (9 minutes ago)
 Bunmi Laditan
 to
 Hello Maya's teachers,
 Maya will be drastically reducing the amount of homework she does this year. She's been very stressed and is starting to have
 physical symptoms such as chest pain and waking up at 4AM worrying about her school workload.
 She's not behind academically and very much enjoys school. We've consulted with a tutor and a therapist suggested we lighten
 her workload. Doing 2-3 hours of homework after getting home at 4:30 is leaving little time for her to just be a child and enjoy
 family time and we'd like to avoid her sinking into a depression over this.
 Thank you for understanding.
 warmly, Bunmi
vaporwavevocap:

ryttu3k:
darkwizardjamesmason:

dienaziscum:

fishcustardandclintbarton:

huffingtonpost:


Mom declares her daughter is done with homework in viral email.
Blogger Bunmi Laditan sent her 10-year-oldā€™s school a clear message.
ā€œHello Mayaā€™s teachers,
Maya will be drastically reducing the amount of homework she does this year. Sheā€™s been very stressed and is starting to have physical symptoms such as chest pain and waking up at 4 a.m. worrying about her school workload. 
Sheā€™s not behind academically and very much enjoys school. We consulted with a tutor and a therapist suggested we lighten her workload. Doing 2-3 hours of homework after getting home at 4:30 is leaving little time for her to just be a child and enjoy family time and weā€™d like to avoid her sinking into a depression over this.ā€


A++++ parenting šŸ’œ

Iā€™ve talked with a whole cadre of child therapists and psychiatrists about this very issue. There is little conclusive evidenceĀ that homework significantly improves elementary school childrenā€™s grades, understanding of subjects, or facility with various operations, processes, etc. However, plenty of evidence suggests that ever-increasing amounts of homework for young children lead to stress, anxiety, emotional fatigue, resistance toward academics in general, lack of leisure time to build social/interpersonal skills, and poorer family relations. Ā (My kids were doing about 3 hours a week IN KINDERGARTEN, at age 5 ā€“ so thatā€™s Ā½ hour every night, after a 6.5 hour school day, or else saving it up for long slogs over the weekend, even more disruptive. And that wasnā€™t including reading practice!) 


We have stopped doing homework altogether with my 7 year old as a result of severe anxiety/depression and a learning disability. She had gotten to a place where she had so little self confidence and truly believed that she was stupid and worthless, not just because of homework of course ā€“ but every time we tried to sit down to do homework with her, itā€™d end in tears with her really vehemently berating herself, and no amount of encouragement could ameliorate the damage done. Now, granted, sheā€™s got other things going on besides just an overload of school work. But in NO WAY did the homework help her, either academically or emotionally.Ā 
No little kid should have to spend an hour or more each night getting through homework. Now, my deal with Siena is that if she wants to give her homework a shot, I will absolutely help her if she wishes for help, but I no longer force her to complete all of it or to work on it for some set length of time before finally throwing in the towel.Ā 
Guess what? With the pressure taken off, sheā€™s actually doing MORE independent work now, purely out of the desire to learn and practice, than she ever was before weā€™d decided with her therapy team and school that homework was just not a thing this kid could handle.
Luckily for my older daughter my schoolā€™s 3rd-grade team decided to hand out homework only 3x/week, and the sheets take no more than 15-20 minutes to complete. That is totally reasonable for 8-9 year olds!Ā 
Anyway tl;dr just because the school system may require it sure as shit doesnā€™t mean parents canā€™t, or shouldnā€™t, fight it. Do whatā€™s right for your kid, and above all, let them be kids.Ā 

I eventually stopped doing homework because I was overwhelmed by it.

There was an article just the other day in the local paper about a primary school thatā€™s abolishing homework! You can read it here (autoplay video, gives you a few seconds to stop it).


Homework is intrusive in a young childā€™s life. It makes sense for adults who will likely have to bring work home with them so in college itā€™s good training. But for young kids. No.

Seriously Iā€™m 100% on board with this. There are high school students expected to do three or four hours and beyond worth of homework every day. Itā€™s fucking ridiculous. And I work in elementary school where we literally have little kids develop anxiety disorder and have panic attacks over homework and testing. This shit is not normal.
                
            

            
            
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ryttu3k:
darkwizardjamesmason:

dienaziscum:

fishcustardandclintbarton:

huffingtonpost:


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    Arthur, Children, and Friends: IN MEMORY OF THE
 Stanley AImodo
 Andrew Leinonen,
 32 vears old o Aleiandr
 var LI, 23 years
 old o Amanda L
 Alvear, 25 years old
 o Oscar A. Aracena
 Barrios Martinez, 21 years
 old Brenda Marquez
 McCool, 49 years old o Gilberto
 R. Silva Menendez, 25 vears old
 Montero 26 ye
 Rodolfo
 rs oldo
 37
 mberlw Jean
 0
 Antonio Davon Brown
 ars old o Akyra Monet Murra
 8 years old o Luis Omar Ocasio
 o 20 years old o Geraldo A.
 Roman Burt 005
 rs @lCl Š¾ Š
 elario-Padro 28
 Ortiz Jimenez
 Eric Ivan Ortiz-Ri
 old o Joel Rayon
 36 years
 Paniagua 32
 old o Juan Chavez Marti-
 ars old o Jean Carlos Mendez
 Enrique L.
 25 years old o Luis
 , 35 years old o
 erez
 Rios25
 0
 years old o Jean
 es Connell
 Tevin
 Eugene Crosby, 25 years
 old Deonka Deidra Dray
 ton, 32 years old SimĆ³n
 Adrian Carrillo FernƔndez
 am
 vears old
 Nieves Rodriguez,
 21
 ears old Xavier Emmanuel
 Serrano-Rosado, 35 years old
 Christopher Joseph Sanfe-
 liz, 24 yearsold Yilmary
 Rodrig uez
 Solivan, 24
 31 years old o Leroy Valentin
 Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26
 Fernandez, 25 years old
 Edward Sot
 years old
 Tomlin son
 years old
 years old oPeter Ommy Gonza
 lez Cruz, 22 years old Juan
 mayor Jr, 34
 Shane Evan
 33 years old
 Martin Beni
 33 years old
 Camuy Vega,
 Juan Pablo
 VelƔzquez,
 ergio
 Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old
 Paul Terrell Henry, 41 years old
 tezTorres
 Frank Hernandez. 27 vears oldJohathan A
 24 years old .
 Javier_Jorge Reyes, 40 years old i v e ra
 Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old years oldo
 Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old
 Luis
 Eddie Jamoldroy Justiee, 3oyears old Fielma n k
 F r a n k y
 inmy DeJe:
 Jimmy DeJe-
 Anthony
 Luis Laurea-
 no Disla, 25
 ears old o
 Christopher
 sus VelƔzquez, 50 years old .
 Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37
 years old. Jerald Arthur
 Wright, 31 years old
 June 12, 2016
 tando
 orlandostrong
millionlittleshiningstars12:

These were people with lives and loved ones. These were people with families, with parents and/or siblings and cousins and aunts and uncles and significant others and friends and children and souls and hearts and dreams and likes and dislikes and hopes and wishes and things that made them happy. These were all real, living, breathing people who lived and loved and dreamed. And they were taken away from this world way too soon for a horrible, completely unfair reason. I hope they Rest In Peace.
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Arthur, Children, and Friends: IN MEMORY OF THE
 Stanley AImodo
 Andrew Leinonen,
 32 vears old o Aleiandr
 var LI, 23 years
 old o Amanda L
 Alvear, 25 years old
 o Oscar A. Aracena
 Barrios Martinez, 21 years
 old Brenda Marquez
 McCool, 49 years old o Gilberto
 R. Silva Menendez, 25 vears old
 Montero 26 ye
 Rodolfo
 rs oldo
 37
 mberlw Jean
 0
 Antonio Davon Brown
 ars old o Akyra Monet Murra
 8 years old o Luis Omar Ocasio
 o 20 years old o Geraldo A.
 Roman Burt 005
 rs @lCl Š¾ Š
 elario-Padro 28
 Ortiz Jimenez
 Eric Ivan Ortiz-Ri
 old o Joel Rayon
 36 years
 Paniagua 32
 old o Juan Chavez Marti-
 ars old o Jean Carlos Mendez
 Enrique L.
 25 years old o Luis
 , 35 years old o
 erez
 Rios25
 0
 years old o Jean
 es Connell
 Tevin
 Eugene Crosby, 25 years
 old Deonka Deidra Dray
 ton, 32 years old SimĆ³n
 Adrian Carrillo FernƔndez
 am
 vears old
 Nieves Rodriguez,
 21
 ears old Xavier Emmanuel
 Serrano-Rosado, 35 years old
 Christopher Joseph Sanfe-
 liz, 24 yearsold Yilmary
 Rodrig uez
 Solivan, 24
 31 years old o Leroy Valentin
 Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26
 Fernandez, 25 years old
 Edward Sot
 years old
 Tomlin son
 years old
 years old oPeter Ommy Gonza
 lez Cruz, 22 years old Juan
 mayor Jr, 34
 Shane Evan
 33 years old
 Martin Beni
 33 years old
 Camuy Vega,
 Juan Pablo
 VelƔzquez,
 ergio
 Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old
 Paul Terrell Henry, 41 years old
 tezTorres
 Frank Hernandez. 27 vears oldJohathan A
 24 years old .
 Javier_Jorge Reyes, 40 years old i v e ra
 Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old years oldo
 Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old
 Luis
 Eddie Jamoldroy Justiee, 3oyears old Fielma n k
 F r a n k y
 inmy DeJe:
 Jimmy DeJe-
 Anthony
 Luis Laurea-
 no Disla, 25
 ears old o
 Christopher
 sus VelƔzquez, 50 years old .
 Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37
 years old. Jerald Arthur
 Wright, 31 years old
 June 12, 2016
 tando
 orlandostrong
millionlittleshiningstars12:

These were people with lives and loved ones. These were people with families, with parents and/or siblings and cousins and aunts and uncles and significant others and friends and children and souls and hearts and dreams and likes and dislikes and hopes and wishes and things that made them happy. These were all real, living, breathing people who lived and loved and dreamed. And they were taken away from this world way too soon for a horrible, completely unfair reason. I hope they Rest In Peace.
                
            

            
            
millionlittleshiningstars12:

These were people with lives and loved ones. These were people with families, with parents and/or siblings and...