How do you manage all the homework?

[Echobelly]

DH went to Y7 parents' meeting after DD's first day today. 7.5 hrs homework per week - yikes! Though honestly I don't know how that compares to what I had.

School has warned that everyone hits a bit of a crisis of adjustment some time in october, but then gets over it. Could be a tricky one, as DD does get very melodramatic about these things. At least she's pretty self-motivated like me, so she'll not need cajoling and, I think, also a fast finisher like me so I suspect she won't need all that time for it.

We are going to have to think more carefully about weekends in term time, as sometimes they do end up with end-to-end stuff going on and she's clearly not going to finish her work if there's no time at the weekend.

We're also thinking more carefully now abou screen time, which we have been fairly lax about. DD does not own her own smart device and school doesn't allow them on site at all anyway, so that's not something we have to deal with.

I agree it's the student's job to deal with it, not the parent's. It's also for the school to sanction them if it doesn't get done, not the parent. you don't ask the school to punish for things they do wrong at at home so don't do it vice versa either. For example at ds' school you would get a 30 min detention after school. They either learn to do it on time to a decent standard or they don't and suffer the consequences - their time wasted in a detention, not mine. I didn't punish on top.

I also agree that you get loads in Y7 and then it tails off.

And I agree it's too much after a long day at school especially if they have extra-curricular activities too. We talk about work life balance for adults but kids aren't allowed any.

Same here snack, homework, dinner and more homework. Nothing on Friday nights but Sunday afternoons are homework/ preparing for tests.

What were you expecting op? I had that much in the 70s. DS and DD about the same. They also had after s hool activities/sport. There was usually a bit of wriggle room to keep up to date.

I once remember a family complaining at an info evening about impact on family weekends and weekends away. Thsy were tersely told that there were approximately 16 weekends that fell in the holidays and toput their son's education before social life.

If she finishes school at 3.30pm & goes to bed at 9pm even with 30mins to get home, an hour for meal & an hour of homework there's still 3 hours left for friends/family/hobby/relaxing.