The Epic Homework Battle is killing me. It's making me a deranged lunatic.
My son is 10. In grade 5. And hardly has *any* homework. Really. None during the week and only the tiniest amount on weekends. And he still can't manage to organize his time and get it done.
I'm completely at my wits end. Every weekend is a battle, from Thursday night to Sunday night, every minute is filled with "Is your homework done yet?", and "Just go get it done!!". Every request to call friends, or have fun is answered with "When your homework is done.", and still.... it is Sunday night and I've just finished making an amazing dinner... Yet I'm taking a "Mommy-time-out" while everyone else eats (except the homework kid... who is now under the authority of his father to: just get it done!!!), because the fighting had gotten to the point where I just really needed to go to my room and shut my door and let Dad sort this one out.
Which brings me to another frustration... why is it that when Dad is home in the mornings the kids move their butts and are at school on time, but when it's me on kid-duty, we are *always* late. When did it get to be that mom is just ignored and left in total frustration, while Dad is able to get things done?
So there it is... the Epic Battle that has left me feeling beyond miserable, completely frustrated and locked in my bedroom when I really should be enjoying an amazing Sunday Dinner of Stuffed Red Peppers... that take ages to make...
Oh, and the homework? 2 paragraphs (5 sentences each) on Canadian Geography. Seriously. Topic sentence, 3 content sentences and one conclusion sentence per paragraph. The worst part is, once my son decides to actually do it, it will take him less than 15 minutes ~ it will be written neatly in cursive, paragraphs indented, proper punctuation, title and proper boarders around the page. Once he puts his mind to it, it will take no time at all. Except that every weekend it takes 4 days of fighting to get him to the place where he will finally just do it.
Heaven help me when the other 3 start getting homework.
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