My head hit the table for the second time this afternoon when I heard the screen door slam and the house was suddenly much quieter than it should have been.
I was sitting in the dining room with Cameron and Ethan helping them trudge through their homework, and we'd been at it for an hour and a half. I'm not sure if there really is that much homework or if it just takes that long because I'm up and down and inside the house and out chasing after the two Littles who are not confined to the table for homework every afternoon.
When that screen door slammed I knew that Trent had escaped again and I was going to have to go monitor the actions of my giant baby who usually doesn't wander too far and stays out of the street when cars approach, but has a bad habit of hitting most of the neighborhood children - especially the sweet little girl next door.
And that necessary baby monitoring means that homework is going to be delayed that much longer, because you know that as soon as I leave the room one of the boys will start flicking broken crayons at the other, and as retaliation there will be chanting of random numbers while the crayon flicker attempts division.
So today it hit me. I now remember why I was so keen to homeschool. I remember the very last straw that broke my back and solidified the as yet wishy-washy decision to keep my kids home last year and educate them myself...or try to. It was the homework. The time-sucking, play-depriving, Mount Kilimanjaro of homework every night.
With as much homework as they get, you might as well be homeschooling! It takes about the same number of hours out of your day! Maybe you need to invest in a little lock to put on the outside of Trent's bedroom door, and just lock him in safely to play while you do homework time. Or else invest in some really yummy treats to bribe him into staying at the table with you?
ReplyDeleteSomeone in our house usually leaves the table crying. Its usually me.
ReplyDeleteUgh, homework. I think I just vomited a little. Luckily, in PreK we aren't dealing with any of that mess yet but then again, I only get to send my kid out of the house for three hours a day. I might welcome the homework time if it meant a longer break away from the craziness.
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