how involved are you with your kids' homeworks and projects?

My kids have a designated time each evening to do homework. I start out helping them a lot, and gradually back off. In preK/K, their homework is mostly reading to a parent. In 1st, they need me to read the instructions on each page and check it over. By second grade, I am basically just available for questions and to enforce "homework time" As they get older and have more long term projects, I guide them in planning those, but I don't help very much. IMO my job is to be available if needed and to support them, but learning is their job and I can't do it for them.

My hunnie and I dont have kids yet but when we do we discussed that we'd make sure we have time to help them with their assignments, projects and school activities. We want to be the kind of parents who are very supportive with our kids. We want to give the best and make sure they have parents they can be proud of.

Well, i can say that i'm lucky enough during my school days because my parents use to help me out in all my projects and assignments. I guess its my turn now so i do the same thing my parents does, i always help my child in his studies.

I think it is very important to help children with their homework. I always sit with my daughter when she does hers and then I give her further work to help her build on what she has learnt from her homework. At her age (5) she is so open to learning that it is important to take advantage of that, as when she is older she won't have the same enthusiasm.

My parents were the same way. They didn't help me much. They also didn't "make" me do homework. I struggled very much in high school. They didn't teach me the importance of it. Because of that, I spend every day working on something with my kids. There is no way they will come home and say they have none. If they do, we'll work on something else. Good Luck! =0)

when i was a child, my parents had their work do do, had no time help their children. now i like to help my kids, but my old son seems not like me to help him, sometimes the old son helps the young son in his studies, when they help each other, i fell happy.