We're more than three months into the school year, and even though we have our school-year routines established, there's still one contentious spot in my household: homework. My son is in fourth grade ...

I used to clash with my son almost every day over his homework."I'll do my homework after I play games."Even though he had ...

A year and a half ago, I was fully immersed in the routine of being a high-school junior. On an average night, my Internet tabs looked something like this: page 2 of a desperate Google search on ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. Despite my best efforts to avoid over-scheduling my family, our weekday calendars are full. My daughters, in ...

Each year the complaints start to trickle in from friends and co-workers right around the second week of school: “Little Johnny has so much homework. In first grade! He’s exhausted already.” “I spend ...

Homework. The perennial point of contention sparks anxiety in kids who have to do it, parents who have to make sure they do it (or, in some households, do it for the kids), and teachers who have to ...