I know some teachers are homework happy, but I honestly can't say the same for my daughter's teacher thus far. She generally doesn't come home with excessive amounts of homework unless if she's been out of school for an appointment or been sick. Usually if that's the case, my husband who's college is nearby will swing by the school and pick up her work and we'll try and get what we can done that day so she won't be behind when she returns and won't have a ton to do the next day for homework. Though I do remember the homework nightmares I used to have growing up. I used to carry a 30-40 pound backpack throughout school because my locker on the other end of school. On top of that was the...

I know some teachers are homework happy, but I honestly can't say the same for my daughter's teacher thus far. She generally doesn't come home with excessive amounts of homework unless if she's been out of school for an appointment or been sick. Usually if that's the case, my husband who's college is nearby will swing by the school and pick up her work and we'll try and get what we can done that day so she won't be behind when she returns and won't have a ton to do the next day for homework. Though I do remember the homework nightmares I used to have growing up. I used to carry a 30-40 pound backpack throughout school because my locker on the other end of school. On top of that was the 30 minute walk home with all that weight on my back. I hated that crap. My daughter's school has two lockers per child so kids don't go through that anymore here. Thank God.