Empty Birdcages and Oddly Profound Homework Sessions

Empty Birdcages and Oddly Profound Homework Sessions

“The birds from the empty cages probably died,” my five-year-old said to me without a hint of emotion.

Our homework sessions can be challenging at times, but they aren’t typically quite so morbid.

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When Writing Starts to Feel Like Homework

When Writing Starts to Feel Like Homework

Homework has been the bane of my existence lately.

My oldest child is in second grade, which is still very young, but his homework load is starting to increase. As far as I’m concerned, the amount of homework he gets is very reasonable for his age. He only has one fairly short task to complete each day during the school week and the entire packet is turned in on Friday so there’s time to catch up if he wants to skip a day.

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