Why Kids Should Not Have Homework

“I say give the kids a break…Let the kids enjoy life before life gets too tough.”- Monica Pellerin
Billions of homework assignments are handed out each day. It’s become a part of our everyday lives. But, is it really all that great? A lot of people are debating on whether or not kids and teens ages 5-18 should be given homework. Students should not be given homework because kids need time to relax their minds after having 7 hours of school, too much homework can encourage cheating, and finally they could be practicing bad habits if they are doing it wrong.

The biggest and most important reason kids should not have homework is because they need time to rest their minds after having 7 hours of school. First of all, there’s a lot of pressure
First of all, kids will copy off other students in order to complete their work on time. They will be rewarded for something that doesn’t benefit them. Cheating doesn’t help students remember the topic, because they are just copying it down, and not actually practicing it, which is the whole point of homework in the first place. Secondly, students will start to cheat on homework because as they get older all of the pressure to succeed grows, they need to help a friend who is also struggling, or they are just so confused because the topic didn’t stick with them when they got home. This shows that kids will start to cheat because they don’t understand the topic and there’s a lot of pressure to get it all done. The fact that kids feel the need to actually cheat is really bad, because cheating can result in very harsh punishments. Another example is Jennifer O’Donnell from the website Verywell says, “It's possible that a child cheats simply because he or she doesn't understand the subject matter, and is afraid to ask for help or admit confusion. These kids may embarrass easily, and they may cheat simply because they don't want to draw attention to themselves for failing to comprehend the material.” A lot of kids feel scared to turn in their homework the next day because it’s all wrong, and they’ll think that the teacher will think that they are dumb, even if they’re
First of all, perfect practice is the only way to make sure that kids are doing/learning the correct concept. They could be practicing bad habits.
Second of all, sometimes, when a kid gets assigned homework, it will be from a lesson they just started learning, so he or she doesn’t have a lot of knowledge on it. When they come home, they don’t remember it very well, so they just try a method that makes since. But, if it’s wrong, then they will just be practicing and memorizing the wrong thing. This shows that if students try to go and do an assignment on a topic that they just learned, then they are going to have a lot of trouble understand and doing the work correctly. Another example is if they ask a parent for help, they could teach them the wrong thing because they learned it so long ago. Then the student would become confused and have to chose between two different concepts that they’ve learned. In addition, in a survey of 778 parents, 84% of the parents helped with homework. This proves that kids go home with lots of questions because they are still confused on the topic. This shows that because students are still confused, they have to ask their parents to help them, and most of the time even they don’t know how to do it the correct way. Clearly, because students are still confused on the topic they will either just do it the wrong way