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SALT LAKE CITY — The itinerary for the Andersen family school night might look familiar: Lessons, practice, sports, church activities, dinner (optional), homework until late at night.
That list is why a growing number of parents are declaring “homework wars” on the amount of homework their children are bringing home each night.
“We really have to gear up from the time they get home, because then things start getting crazy,” said Jeni Andersen, the mother of three boys.
Jessica Moon has twin 11-year-old grade school students. They have two hours of homework every night.
“It’s as much homework as we can do before they have piano, ballet or ukulele lessons,” she said. “And then it’s back to homework until they’re finished and it’s bedtime.”
A growing number of researchers don’t believe all this homework makes kids better students.
Watch the video above to see the three characteristics of effective homework. And see how much time spent on homework is too much.
