[quote=Diego Mamani][quote=sdrealtor]When they come home I go through their back-packs[/quote] I’m sot sure I understood that part…[/quote]
DM
They are 7 and 11 years old. When they come home we pull out their homework folders and go through the work that was graded and returned to them. There are folders that come home with flyers that come home almost everyday(fundraisers, field trips, extracuricular programs, teacher weekly letters etc) and things I need to sign so they can return them to their teachers. Most graded assignments at their school have to be signed by a parent and given back to the teacher to ensure they were shown to the parents. I’m not snooping on them, I’m doing what just about every parent does with their kids at our school and likely our school district. I suspect most elementary school kids parents do the same.
I will say that I do alot less of this with my 11 year old now. He has a a daily planner (provided by the district) for keeping track of his assignments. At this point with him, I pretty much say you know what you need to do and if you dont its your problem. If a child isnt self motivated and doesnt have good study habits by 5th grade its not easy to instill that anymore. I can clearly see the distractions about to pile on. When I pick them up at school each afternoon, he just started walking 20 yards behind me with his friends on the way home. While I am saddened by him starting to pull away, I am far more proud of the independence he is starting to develope and the respect he is earning from me in doing so.
