Can you refuse homework for your child as a whole?

The title is all the question I have but I figured I might as well rant a tad while I’m here!

I don’t have children currently but I plan on it in the future. My husband and I despise the US Education system as a whole, we believe that it needs to be completely reconstructed to fit modern times.

I strongly do not believe in any type of homework for k-12. I think what they are learning should be done during the 7-8 hours they are in school. I remember going to school all day and sometimes having 5 hours of homework in middle school with my parents assistance! Us adults aren’t working for free after we clock out of work! So why expect our children to basically do the same thing?

I plan on raising my child as a person and not as a child in the traditional sense. I want to respect their interests and goals and opinions and just kinda coexist while obviously guiding them to be kind and respectful of all.

That being said if my child is interested in an educational subject and wants to learn more about it while at home I will listen to them talk about it all night and read about it with them and try to help them learn. I just want my children to have the freedom to be children while they can and spend their time out of school being able to grow their personal interests.

Submitted August 31, 2020 at 10:44PM by dazedandconfuseddawg https://ift.tt/2YVfHxU