10 Seriously Helpful Homework Hacks For Parents To Help Kids

5. Allow Independent Working

Independent working is an important skill for kids to learn, but unfortunately, many parents have fallen into the habit of hovering while kids do their homework. This leads to two issues. For one, it doesn’t allow kids to learn how to work by themselves. For another, it encourages mindless correcting, where parents notice their child has made a mistake and rush to fix it. Now, we aren’t saying you can’t help your child, but they have to understand why their answer was wrong to understand the concept. Simply correcting them does nothing.

6. Do Your Own Homework

If you’re naturally a bit of a hovering parent, we understand. You want to be there for your kids when they’re doing their homework. But one way you can be there for them without hovering is to sit down with them and get some of your homework done. We know you have it. There might be receipts to organise for tax time, home budgets to draw up, meals to plan or shopping lists to write out. You might even need to organise the family calendar or write a birthday card to a friend. Whatever you’re doing, sitting down and doing your own ‘homework’ can encourage your kids to work on theirs as well.

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Clare Whitfield Chief Editor

Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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