Reply #25: Two of my daughters had a teacher that would not assign more than 15 min of homework a day.

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My children learned so much from her.

That year my oldest won the 4th grade spelling bee, won the district level art contest for her grade, won the 4th grade science/invention fair, was published in a small poetry book with honors and was a member of an improvisational after school program run by the same teacher.

Family time can suffer greatly from excessive homework. And i can think of few things more important or more lacking in the lives of kids today than family time. There is barely time to do anything as a family once the kids have done their homework most days, let alone anything creative or frivolous (which is necessary for a child and family's emotional health sometimes). Gods forbid we make plans or have to run to the store one evening. Up early to do homework at the crack of dawn.

I say we let kids have their school time and their "off" time. I think people would be surprised to find that kids might make good use of the free time.