Every evening is a fight. Homework is maybe 30 minutes of maths and reading but it takes two hours of crying, arguing and me losing my temper. He's 9, and I'm dreading secondary.
How do you get them to just do it?
Homework battles every single night (Year 5)
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Have you asked the school how much he's meant to be doing and what happens if he doesn't? Our primary said they'd rather he read every night than battle over worksheets. That took the pressure off massively.
Timing matters. Straight after school was a disaster for us. Snack, run around in the park, then homework at 5.30 with a timer. If it's not done when the timer goes, it's done.
A timer is a good idea. I think part of it is he can't see the end.
We sit and do our own "homework" next to him - bills, emails, whatever. He likes the company and it doesn't feel like a punishment.
Sometimes worth checking there's not something else going on. Our daughter's homework meltdowns turned out to be because she was struggling with reading more than we'd realised. She was assessed for dyslexia in Year 5.
or just... let him not do it once and face the consequence at school. sometimes the teacher saying it lands better than mum saying it
Spoke to his teacher. She said 20 minutes max and stop. Tried timer plus snack plus sitting next to him with my laptop. Tuesday and Wednesday: zero tears. Not getting cocky but it's a start.
This could be my house. Year 4 and we're already in the nightly battle. Trying the timer and snack thing this week, I'll let you know.
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