A mum-of-three has been slammed online for enabling her lazy children after admitting she is happy to do homework when they are ‘too busy’.
Lottie, from the US, has daughters in Year 5, Year 3 and the nursery says the extra pressure to complete homework is ‘not worth it’, sparking a furious debate.
Her daughters participate in a variety of after-school activities, such as cheer and sports, and they often come home exhausted.
“I know every parent helps, but I’ll just do my homework. I won’t make them stress over math problems they don’t have time to do. “It may not be fair, but I will help,” she said.
Hundreds of parents have slammed the relaxed and ‘coddling’ parenting style for encouraging laziness – but others think it’s ‘brilliant’.
A mum-of-three has sparked a heated debate over whether parents should do their children’s homework for them – and no one seems to agree.
Lottie added that while time pressure added to the reason she ‘helped’ – she also found some of her children’s projects were too difficult.
“Some of these projects that these teachers give … I mean, the kids are seven years old,” she said.
The mother added that despite helping them with their school work, she wanted to raise her children to be honest and strong.
“I try not to baby them when they fall, I want to raise them to be strong,” she said. “My biggest goal in life is to have an honest relationship with my children.”
Many agreed that children should not wait to do homework after school.
“I’m so glad I’m not the only one doing my kids’ homework when they have other things going on,” said one mother.
“This is such an amazing parent that I aspire to be when I’m a mom!” added another.
But other parents were horrified at the thought.
“Doing your child’s work for them isn’t going to help them in the long run unless you want them to grow up entitled and lazy,” said one mother.
Another added, ‘I was talking to a teacher, he said some kids wonder why my kid is so good at reading/math. This is because he asks readers at home and follow-up math questions. Parents should make an effort to work with their children.’
One mother said that not having homework was detrimental to her child’s work ethic in high school.
“My child’s elementary school had a no-homework philosophy. Now, my oldest is in high school and is struggling so much with homework. Makes me wonder if homework in primary school isn’t a brilliant idea after all.’
While others claimed that their children did not do their homework at all.
“We just don’t do our homework,” said one father. “I quit my job at work because I want to relax at home, and I think it’s the same for my kids.”
“My house will be a homework-free zone. Kids are at school all day and then expected to go home and do more schoolwork, no! Reading is acceptable, but that’s it,” wrote one.
