Grade schoolers get too much homework

I am a grandmother who watches my daughter and grandchildren nightly get frustrated over the amount of homework they are given to do every day.

They are given about two hours of home work every night. Not even a break from it over the weekend. They go to grade school. They are in school six to seven hours a day then two more hours of home work.

I think that is too much for a grade schoolchild. In talking to some other grandparents they see the same frustration as I do. No wonder the children keep saying they hate school. It is school, dinner, homework, bath then bed. These are children, after a while I can see my grandchildren could care less if they finish it or not. Their brains and bodies are tired.

Other grandparents see the tension the frustration and the fighting over the hours of home work. Parents that work especially do not have the time to sit for hours with frustrated children. The parents are frustrated after a day of work themselves.

After dinner should be family time. Time to be together and talk about the day. Not fighting and frustration time. I do understand some home work but hours of it I do not understand. It is not fair to the children or the parents.

Please teachers, take it easy on the homework. They are children. Maybe a better use of time in the class room would eliminate so much homework. What is the purpose of hours of homework? After sitting in school all day what do you think they are learning by sitting another couple of hours doing homework? They are learning nothing. They would learn better doing the work in school with their teachers. You know - the job teachers get paid for doing. Judy Thompson Schaumburg