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I think the answer depends heavily on the homework expectations at your kid\u2019s school. My kids are in 7th and 10th grade now, and the homework approach has shifted *significantly* in our school district as they\u2019ve been growing up. When my older son was small, there was homework in first and second grades, for example. I did have to \u201chelp\u201d with that homework, which meant getting him to sit down and actually do it. It was not fun for either of us . The elementary schools have since shifted away from assigning much homework \u2014 by the year my younger son was in 5th grade, there were a few projects that needed a little bit of parental assistance, but nothing routine.<\/p>\n
The now-10th-grader does occasionally ask for help; he wanted me to help him review concepts for his chemistry midterm, for example. At one point he needed me to drive him to Kinko\u2019s to print something because we don\u2019t have a color printer at home. The 7th grader missed a week of school this winter due to illness, and needed a bit of help connecting with one teacher by email about a missed assignment. But otherwise it\u2019s quite rare that I am doing anything related to their homework.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n