My DS (7) went into school today with half finished spellings homework. I'd asked yesterday if he had any (I knew he'd been doing this last week) and he said no. I don't know if he was lying so he didn't have to do it or forgot, but he only had 5 mins this morning so did part of it. TBH, normally the idea of being told off at school worries him so I didn't tell him off too much, just said 'well, you told me you'd done it so it's your fault that you'll get told off'. Not particularly sympathetic but we've recently had issues with him being a little lazy with his work at home. His response was 'it's ok, Mrs B will just tell me to bring it in tomorrow'. No fear or worry at all. Then I discovered this seems to happen with other children.
Am I wrong to think that teachers would tell off children for this? I know they shouldn't go overboard and some children struggle with homework, but I was amazed that he's taught that's ok. My DH says that he'll struggle more at secondary school if he thinks it's fine but then DH is a secondary school teacher!