Homework and studying as a whole can be sometimes really overwhelming. In such cases, some parents help their children, while others not. Homework-Desk.com decided to check why.
Source: http://www.homework-desk.com/blog/parents_helping_kids_wtih_hw_/
1. Helping kids with home assignments appears to be
dogmatic in the US educational system. Thus, many
working parents face some troubles, but are still active
in their kids’ studying lives.
Parents helping kids
with homework
English and Math
are the most
popular subjects
parents help kids
with
Parents helping kids
with homework
of parents
aged 18-24
of parents
aged 25-44
Younger parents
care less about
their kids’
homework,
while elder
ones pay
more atten-
tion to the
children’s
studies.
47%
39% of moms
of dads
DAN
DAD
5 out of 10 parents claim that they
experience troubles while helping their
kids with homework
One in five parents said they were regularly
surprised by the difficulty of the work their
children brought home to complete
Seven out of 10 said they would spend
more time helping with homework if they
were more confident in their own abilities in
maths and English.
More than nine out of 10 parents agreed
that helping their children at home made a
difference to their academic achieve-
ments at school.
2% of parents say that
they’ve never helped
their kids with homework
WHY?
31,6% say
their kids refuse
to get help
from them
45,5%
don’t understand
the material
21% are
too busy
Students with two
active-in-studies parents are
happy at school 52% more
then the ones with two passive
parents
On average, students with
active-in-studies parents get
A’s 51% more then the ones
with two passive parents
How to Help a Child?
Set the regular homework-time
Get rid of all the possible distractions
Prepare materials and show the
resources
Be the vivid example: interested and interesting
Hig
h Time for H
omework
HW
Choose the right place for homework
1 out of 6 families does all
the homework for its kids
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53% of them do it every day
43%
of parents help kids with
homework
33%
45%
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ResourcesKelton Research using an e-mail invitation and
an online survey
The survey commissioned by the Department for
Education and Skills
US Department of Education
National Center for Family Literacy
http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2014/03/27/study-says-parents-help-with-homework-does-more-harm-than-good/
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http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/and-dont-help-your-kids-with-their-homework/358636/