Comments on: When To Say When

By: Always Be There to Help Your Students | Sonlight Blog

Always Be There to Help Your Students | Sonlight Blog — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:25:11 +0000

[...] Jerri Ann asked, “When do you quit [helping with] homework?“ [...]

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:47:19 +0000

hmmmm… we aren’t quite at that point, but it sounds like the frustration may be his lack of interest. Is there something that could motivate him to just “get it done”? I’m thinking TV time or M&Ms… some little and tangible reward.
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By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:54:10 +0000

What I’m hearing is not that you need to help them with their homework so much as needing to help them focus on their homework, so that’s what I’ll answer….

For boys, you need to help them focus most of the way through middle school. They are not meant for sitting and drilling (generally speaking) and so they need a lot of guidance to keep them on task when the task is not one they want to accomplish.

As for actual help on specific problems, I wouldn’t do the work, but I’d certainly supervise, interact, encourage, and help when needed.
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By: Luke Holzmann

Luke Holzmann — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:24:43 +0000

I think it depends entirely on context. Are they really confused and a simple bit of clarification will move them forward? Help them! (even if they’re in college) Learning is far more important than “going at it alone.”

But if they’re just dragging and whatnot, perhaps it’s time to let them stew…

~Luke
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