are you always helping your child do their homework?

I feel like it is very important to be a hands on parent. My daughter is only going to be in the second grade this year, but she has brought home homework from the time that she was in kindergarten and in that time I have helped her with it. I feel like the time that we spend together working on her homework is time that is really good for our family. We are able to learn from each other and in sharing that period of time in the afternoon, we are able to get to know each other better than we would have otherwise.

I am a hands on Dad, but I only guide my children how to go about their assignments.. I don't interfere if they don't ask, sadly my youngest, 9 years old is still keen on demanding help in his assignments ...

My son is 9 and when he gets homework, I do help him. Most of the time he gets quite stressed out with it, because he doesn't understand it. He finds it difficult in some subjects, especially anything that involves writing. Maths is his top subject, he likes that and does not normally need too much help with it, which is lucky really because I am not very good at maths myself lol. I do experience on many occasions though that his teacher sends him home with homework that not even I understand... quite often I have even had to go in the school and ask myself. I am sure that homework has become more complicated than it ever used to be!