I know from experience how easy it is to get caught up in power struggles over homework. Remember that it’s your child’s job to go to school and learn (including getting homework completed) and your job to provide for your kids, run the house and offer love and guidance to your children. Helping your kids manage it despite all the other activities they would rather be doing can be challenging at best. It’s important to understand that schoolwork is often the most difficult part of your child’s busy schedule.
It’s a chore for both the child and parent. Here’s something I learned along the way: homework is work, and there’s no getting around that fact. They Don’t Call It “Homework” for Nothing My husband James was much better at helping him, so he took on this responsibility - but even with this division of labor, we had to make adjustments to our schedules, our lives and our expectations to make sure our son turned it in on time. Our son struggled with a learning disability, which made the work and the amount of time required feel unending at times - both to him and to us. It felt overwhelming to me often, I just wasn’t equipped to offer the help he needed. I have to admit that dealing with my son’s homework was one of my least favorite experiences as a parent. Even though you reason, lecture, nag and yell, nothing seems to change - and each night turns into a battle with no victors. Or it might simply be hours of dealing with your complaining, whining or non-compliant child or teen who just hates to do the work. If you’re dealing with this now, you probably dread saying the words, “Okay, time to do your homework,” because you know what’s coming next - screaming, stomping, book-throwing and slammed doors. “My Child Refuses to Do Homework” Here’s How to Stop the Struggle by Janet Lehman, MSWĭo you get sucked into a fight over homework with your child every night? So many parents tell me that this is one of their top struggles with their kids.
The following article from by Janet Lehman, MSW has some helpful hints that might just end this nightly struggle. This is a nightly occurrence and both the child and parent struggle with a solution. Most of the parents I talked to described homework taking hours and ending with everyone frustrated and upset. Over the past few weeks I have had many frustrated parents in my office discussing issues that they were having with their child refusing to do homework.
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