40ish and beyond...
The girl next to me in junior high history class always had a perfect paper. Kathy also had the most anal handwriting I had ever seen. It came as a shocker when she told me her mother always checked her work before she turned it in. In other words, her mother made her be perfect.
She dressed in perfect hand-sewn outfits, and had perfect hair that rolled into a long page-boy. I had seen her mom, and she looked perfect too.
How much homework checking is okay? And did you sit down with your kids and help them, or have them work independently?
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I have my girls work independently, if a question arises then I give them a hand in helping them.
And yes I do check their homework! Homework first then they can go and do what they need/want to do.
I am not perfect and do not require them to be either. I do however want them to be happy with their schooling. -
I try to check it everynight and if it's wrong have them correct it.But sometimes I am too sick and it gets passed in just how they did it the first time.I always do brush my6 yr old girls hair in the morning and put it in a pony tail or braids, My 10 yr old does her own hair now. My son ,9, brushes his own hair.But I have never hand sewn an outfit in my life,and wouldn't know how if someone were to pay me!!! I can mend a few things and make curtains but that's about the size of my seamstress abilities.
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I checked my sons homework until he went into highschool. As long as I could read it, I didn't correct his handwriting. It was mostly to make sure he comprehended what he was doing. He did his homework in his room and would bring it down when he was done, so he worked independently.
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I checked it but I didn't make them be perfect at all. LOL
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I checked up until they established good study habits. After that it was their responsibility to do their job which was their homework.
I set my girls up to think for themselves and become independent, in other words to be their own person.
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I check dd's papers every night and we go over the spelling words for the week, but I don't do her work for her. If I spot a mistake I make sure she corrects it, but know that she will make many many mistakes throughout her education...
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Before they got into HS, yes every night. After that, I left it up to them. Usually, they had it finished, or were working on it!! They knew right from wrong, fail or succeed!!
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I check it but I dont do it for her.
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Quoting yupok:
I checked my sons homework until he went into highschool. As long as I could read it, I didn't correct his handwriting. It was mostly to make sure he comprehended what he was doing. He did his homework in his room and would bring it down when he was done, so he worked independently.
In elementary school I used to ask them if they understood what they were working on in advance. They could always ask questions. And I was big on presentation. I wanted them to try and be neat. And I did go over their math to a greater degree. I was a stickler on spelling. No invented spelling past kindergarten. Especially with my youngest, if she couldn't spell a word, I gave her three choices: She could find another word for what she wanted to say, ask someone how to spell it, or look it up.When my daughters were in high school we home schooled, so I was forever checking their work!!
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I do check my son's every day to make sure it's all done. I do not correct it unless he's done the whole thing wrong. I will say that because of his handwriting I've been having him type it lately. He has learning disibilities so me and his teacher leave each other notes about it.