I would like to offer some advice about one of the most frequent problems presented to me in over 30 years of clinical practice: battles over homework. I have half-jokingly told many parents that if ...

As a mom of five kids, I’ve heard it all: “Homework should be banned!” my son recently complained, throwing his backpack on the floor. And honestly, I get it. Over the past decade of parenting, I’ve ...

As parents, we too have thought “Oh no!” when our kids brought work home to complete over the break. For students, it can mean tears, sour attitudes and plain old avoidance. For parents, it can ...

Brooklyn mom Liat Tamam (from left) sends daughters Rosa, 6, and Astrid, 3, to a no-homework school. Annie Wermiel For Liat Tamam, the daily, tearful battles over homework started soon after her ...

More American high schoolers are graduating than ever, with this year’s graduation rate reaching a record 81 percent. But the journey from kindergarten to commencement is inflicting collateral damage ...

“I think the best thing a parent can do is provide a routine schedule, as much as possible; quiet space for study; rules that shut down media for an allotted time; and availability for questions.

If you made it past the headline, you're likely a student, concerned parent, teacher or, like me, a nerd nostalgist who enjoys basking in the distant glow of Homework Triumphs Past (second-grade ...