Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are your kids fussy about doing their homework? Do they always come up with excuses to delay their work? Do they hate doing their ...

A couple of months ago, we had quite a debate going on this blog about the importance of homework--how much should be given, whether it’s effective, and how much strain it puts on families. So when I ...

Homework time may be viewed as the most daunting part of the day, both for children and parents. At this time, some parents have only just returned from work and just want to have their dinner and ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Kevin Longonop, 10, is being assisted by his mother Viola Longonop to finish homework at their home at Kambi Samaki in ...

Dad walks by his 14-year-old daughter Sophie’s room and sees that she is talking on the phone. He is enraged. It is 8:30 P.M. and she has not started her homework. Dad yells at her, "Get off the phone ...

Speaking to Irish broadcaster RTE, Michael D. Higgins said school work should be “finished at the school” rather than at home, “an utterance likely to be seized upon by children for years to come in ...