What do you mean, it doesn't matter if they make a mistake doing their homework? I was never that lucky! If I didn't turn my homework in done correctly from start to finish, I'd get reprimanded in front of the class and be bullied after that by the teacher and the rest of the class, alike. Plus I'd be made into an example of what not to do. You see 😍Blank, this is the way you do it, not like blank 😠 over there that is stupid and will always be stupid, and amount to nothing, because she's unwanted by everyone, including her family. Cut back to you over there wanting the Earth to swallow you. You are a first grader, crying, and the teacher mocking your cries and provoking other students to mock you and say other aggressive things to you, and the other students following suit. There was a point where the teacher told all the students to tell me whenever I said something, to shut up and that I and my words were worthless. Then the teacher would give me an order and no one would listen to me. This would carry on until the teacher would come back and ask me how the thing went. Then when nothing of what she had told me to do was done, she would try to place the blame on me. Then the other child would say blank was insisting on doing such and such things. Then she'd proudly announce that she had barred me from doing those things. Then I, would say. See Miss BLANK, I did try to do what you told me to do, but Blank barred me from doing that which you told me to do. I still got blamed most of the time because people were used to punishing me, and they did not want to lose the bribe that was given to them Blank's parents every Friday or every two weeks.

I agree with you. Parents doing their kids homework doesn't help. I told my kids basically the same. "Homework is for you to exercise and practice what you've learned. It doesn't need to be perfect. Just do your best, make notes of questions where you struggled for teacher followup." My assistance was as you described. "Show me what you're doing" and I might course correct, suggest a resource, but never give the answer. I would affirm a correct answers and walk back incorrect answers. If there were ridiculous deadlines, I told my kids not to worry too much about it.

Most of us have been through it with a bad/boring/vindictive teacher. As a parent, I try to be understanding (of both sides). I don't hate homework or teachers. I do hate poorly planned or executed assignments/projects. That includes my (former) jobs too.

Safe bet you're a stay at home parent? Unfortunately, working parents days don't end when work does. There is still a pile of house work to be done, make dinner, do dishes, wash laundry, and whatnot. As much as I'd love to just sit down and spend all that time with my kids, there is easily an hour after I get home where I'm working that the kids can do work too. The routine is they get free time from when they get home from school around 3:30 until I get home around 5:30. Then everyone gets their work done, dinner around 6:30 which we all eat together. Then we usually have another hour or so after that for family time.

I agree, and home should be for lifestyle stuff like cooking, cleaning etc.