I think the answer depends largely on the homework expectations at your child’s school. My kids are now in 7th and 10th grade, and the focus on homework has changed *significantly* in our school district as they’ve gotten older. When my oldest son was little, there was homework in first and second grade, for example. I had to “help” him with that task, which meant getting him to sit down and do it. It wasn’t fun for either of us. Since then, elementary schools have stopped assigning much homework: When my youngest son was in fifth grade, there were a few projects that needed a little help from parents, but nothing routine.
The now tenth-grade student occasionally asks for help; He wanted me to help him review concepts for his chemistry midterm, for example. At one point he needed me to take it to Kinko’s to print something because we don’t have a color printer at home. The seventh-grader missed a week of school this winter due to illness and needed a little help contacting a teacher via email about a missed assignment. But otherwise, it is quite rare that he does anything related to his tasks.
