Excessive homework may lead to create stress to Children.

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Excessive homework has become a continuous issue in modern education system. Particularly concerning its effects on children’s mental health and wellbeing. We have seen many examples, children’s complaining about excessive homework. An excessive homework can lead to anxiety and stress to children.

Its parent’s moral duty to check their children’s homework when they are complaining about excessive homework, is it really excessive or not, mostly parents perform two roles for their children, first as a “caretaker” and other as a “teacher”. 

As a teacher’s role parents should check that children have completed their homework or not and should guide to complete homework and proper attention should be given and its essential for children’s homework.

As a caretaker role, its parent’s duty to check that “Are children suffering from excessive homework or mental pressure. They should also check that quantity of homework provided in overall period and approximated time taken to complete the homework. Parents should ensure that children are getting time to play and other activities and spending time with parents.

The purpose of excessive homework is that child will seat more hours to study or study more. If we other side of this, they are getting more study pressure and more burden and not good for mental health and wellbeing.

The implication of excessive homework for higher grades:

Pressure to perform: Excessive homework create pressure amid students to complete all homework.

Fear to Failure: it has been observed that students get feared they will be bitten in classroom if they do not complete the homework.

Limited Free Time: it has been observed that due to excessive homework children did not get more time for activities.

Decrease Physical Activities: Physical activity is more important for a good health; we cannot imagine a healthy mind without a good health. excessive homework can decrease physical activity, and decrease physical activity create a poor health.

Reduce Family Interaction: Excessive homework keeps children busy most time and interaction between family members will be reduced.

Strategies to mitigate Excessive Homework:

School Guideline: School should establish guideline for the amount of homework considering age and development stage of student.

Teacher- Student- Dialogue: Students should be encouraged to express their concern about overload homework to school principal.

Parental Involvement: Parents should directly discuss with teacher, principal and school Management.

 Conclusion: Homework play an important role for educational process, but excessive homework led to stress amid students. It will be significance to maintain study and mental health of students.


Disclaimer: This is author personal view about this article and not about complaining teachers or schools. This article is written to make awareness to parents, Teachers and principals, sometimes children complain about excessive homework, Do not instate to do more homework if he/she does not feel comfortable to do. 


Munna Singh

Author- Reprogramming of Mind.


 

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