Does Homework Actually Help?
Do you or your kids come home from school feeling so tired from doing work all day, and then have to sit and do hours of homework? Studies have shown that kids have longer workweeks with school than most adults have at their jobs. While studying might be beneficial, homework isn’t.
The average hours worked per week is forty hours. Most schools have a 7-hour day, with about two hours of homework per class. This adds up quickly and makes kids work weeks longer than the average workweek. If you include extracurricular activities and basic daily chores, it becomes a lot for teens to manage.
There have been multiple studies on how excessive homework could be detrimental to students and overwhelming. “While students growing up in more affluent areas are likely playing sports, participating in other recreational activities after school, or receiving additional tutoring, children in disadvantaged areas are more likely headed to work after school, taking care of siblings while their parents work, or dealing with an unstable home life. Adding homework into the mix is one more thing to deal with — and if the student is struggling, the task of completing homework can be too much to consider at the end of an already long school day” (Joseph Lathan, PhD).
All of this research proves that excessive amounts of homework can cause stress, late nights, and overwhelming feelings for most students. Studying is vital, but extreme amounts of homework and out-of-school assignments can be very detrimental.
https://onlinedegrees.sandiego.edu/education-inequity-and-homework/
