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underst A is the childs responsibity, not the parents'(Keith, 1986) II interviewed indicated that, for their children, homework was rarely an dependent activity. Dlane RIggs, for example, continually referred to her son's homework in our ntervewas our homework". and so it was for most of the parents l interviewed. In these familles, homework was a collaborative activity Involving children and parents. There were differences In the level of support children requlred and the kind of assistance parents were capable d provding. but, if homework made signifcant demands on the time of students who struggled in school, it made similar demands on thelr parents. Carol Dumay strongly regretted the fact that when her daughter Georgina was in first and second grade she wasn't able to do her homework It on her own dependently."was a problem. I had to sit right there with her. I couldn't leave her Betty BIaL'. 'cause she dldn't workindependently She always wanted you there, to help her Betty Blake indicated that her son Timmy requlred a high level of support with math problems."I understand that I have to help with homework, "she told me. "but the depth in which I have to help him with hts homework is what frustrates me Like, I don't understand how come he is not picking this up at school. He should be able to just come home and do the work. "But, since Timmy could not"just come home and do the work, his homework was also his mother's wO rk students en needed constant support while they did homework, but even parents of older Many parents of elementary school children, like Carol Dumay and Betty Blake, told me th students indicated that their daughters and sons often insisted that a parent sit with them while they did homework. Edna Bunker spoke of her thirteen-year-old son Mike's need for her to"be there while he did his homework Mike wants someone to sit one-on-one with him. And so I'll do that for a while. But I get frustrated too because it goes on and on and on. It's not l