If homework seems excessive, try this exercise at home. Watch your child when he does his homework, and take note of when real work is getting done and when he is fiddling and fooling around with other stuff. Once you’ve taken an objective look at the accumulated time of “real work” your child is doing, and the amount still seems excessive, then, by all means, figure out which subjects are the biggest offenders and talk to those teachers about their homework load.
