My Daughter’s Homework Is Killing Me

What happens when a father, alarmed by his 13-year-old daughter's nightly workload, tries to do her homework for a week.

​by Karl Taro Greenfield 
The Atlantic

Parents on Homework Load: ‘This Is Not Sustainable’

“The debate over homework rages among American parents and educators, and many question its value altogether.

"The patron saint of today’s homework-sharing parents might be Karl Taro Greenfeld, who did the same homework as his middle-school daughter for a week and then wrote an article in The Atlantic titled ‘My Daughter’s Homework is Killing Me.’ 

"It’s a great article. Greenfeld zeroes in on a mantra his daughter often invoked to help him finish each night: 'Memorization, not rationalization.' But again, note how the headline on Greenfeld’s article focuses on the damage to him, not his daughter, who seems to tackle her workload with stoic devotion…. ”

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