Category Archives: Moms (and Dads) on a Mission

Today, March 2, is the first Monday of the month. As I suggest every month in this blog, I hope you’ll send a note expressing your thoughts about homework to your children’s teachers or, perhaps, to a school administrator or School Board member. Even better, join with a few friends and send a collective note.Continue reading “First Monday”

I received this email from a grandmother and wanted to share her wisdom: Dear Sara, I am a grandmother raising my 4 grandchildren. I just found your website and I was pleased to read that others feel the same as I do. As my grandchildren’s guardian, I feel that children have way too much homework!Continue reading “From my Mailbox: A Grandmother Speaks Out”

A father posted the following comment, in which he states that his daughter is getting a month-long punishment of no recess. If you live in the same district (San Juan Unified Elementary in California), or nearby, and can help in any way, please drop me a line and I’ll put you in contact with thisContinue reading “California Parent Seeks Help in Rescinding Recess Punishment”

Today, February 2, is the first Monday of the month. As I suggest every month in this blog, I hope you’ll send a note expressing your thoughts about homework to your children’s teachers or, perhaps, to a school administrator or School Board member. Even better, join with a few friends and send a collective note.Continue reading “First Monday”

Morgaine Pauker, a mother of a soon-to-be ninth grader in Westport, CT, wrote the following letter to the Westport News, after learning, at a meeting about high school, that the children could expect to be “inundated with homework.” Letter to the Editor–Homework Policy Needed by Morgaine Pauker Wednesday night I attended the Staples High SchoolContinue reading “Moms (and Dads) on a Mission–Letter to the Editor”

Last year, Kerry Dickinson wrote often for this blog about the ways in which she was trying to change homework policy in her Danville, California, community. At the end of the school year, the school instituted a new homework policy. That doesn’t mean that Kerry has stopped. (Type her name into the search box toContinue reading “Moms (and Dads) on a Mission–Teen Stress”

Hello Sara, My husband and I share custody of his 2 sons, now 3rd and 4th grade. We have them 2-3 days each week, along with rotating weekends. Our time with them is limited and constantly invaded by homework demands and frustrations. We are a very pro education family, with both of us having degreesContinue reading “From my Mailbox–Letter from “Frazzled Parent””

This is the sixth post by FedUp Mom, the mother of a fifth grader. FedUp Mom’s daughter used to attend a public school in suburban Philadelphia, but this year FedUp Mom moved her to a private Quaker school, hoping for a more relaxed environment. You can read her other posts here, here, here, here andContinue reading ““I Hate Reading Logs,” says FedUp Mom”

Today’s guest blogger, Karen Cecere, is a Howell, New Jersey, parent who got recess restored in her community last year and is now fighting to get recess for all New Jersey children. She is a Girl Scout leader, active PTA member, and is extremely concerned with the growing lack of time for children to beContinue reading “New Jersey Parents–Act by Tuesday to Make Sure New Jersey Children Get Recess”

Unfortunately, not everyone in Canada has been having the same luck as Frank Bruni of Toronto and Dale O’Dair of Niagara Falls. For over a year now, Shelli and Tom Milley, the parents of three children, have been trying to get their children’s school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to institute a reasonable homework policy. TheyContinue reading “Moms (and Dads) on a Mission–Calgary, Alberta”