How to Help Kids with Their Homework
Kids’ learning outcome will be better with parental support. The way you involve in your kid’s homework also affects the attitude of your kid’s learning. If you are too involved, your kid will turn to be too dependent on you in doing their homework. He/she only does homework when you ask them or when you are around with them because he/she is not confident. If you are too detached, your kid might not have enough guidance of how to handle their homework. How do you get the balance point? And what aspects do you need to look after when you want to help your kid with their homework?
The following tips are excerpted from How to Help Your Child with Homework by Jeanne Shay, Ph.D. :
1. Maintain two-way communication with your child.
Don’t just lecture. Listen and respond to what your child has to say. When you respond, don’t plead or argue. (Pleading puts your child in charge; arguing creates a no-win situation.) Instead, respond assertively and positively.2. Set goals with, not for, your child. Then focus on one at a time.
Start with a goal that your child is almost guaranteed to achieve. That will make the others more appealing and continued success more likely.3. Expect progress.
We all respond to the expectations other people have of us. (This is known as the self-fulfilling prophecy syndrome.) If your expectations are low, your child’s achievements are likely to match them. If your expectations are high but not unreasonable, your child will respond in kind.
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