Homework is an important part of learning when it comes to schooling and education. However, schools should know to draw a line between the moderate amount and “how much is too much”. Schools these days in order to compete with one another and to prove themselves the best are thrusting so much of work load for children to do at home that it’s outrageous. We hardly see kids of age 10 and 13 having fun and playing outside.

By doing so, there is only negativity and hatred towards school and its high time someone talks about it. A concerned mother and author from America named Bunmi Laditan wrote a strong-worded open letter to her daughter’s school for not allowing her to play or spend some family time. This amazing open letter is what every Indian parent must keep in mind. In her post on social media, she said:

“My kid is done with homework. I just sent an email to her school letting her know she’s all done. I said “drastically reduce” but I was trying to be polite because she’s finished.

My 10-year-old loves learning. She independently reads 10-12 chapter books a year and regularly researches topics that interest her (right now she’s writing a story about wolves). She takes coding classes, loves painting, and likes something called Roblox that I don’t fully understand. But over the past four years, I’ve noticed her getting more and more stressed when it comes to school. And by stressed I mean chest pains, waking up early, and dreading school in general.

She’s in school from 8:15am-4pm daily so someone please explain to me why she should have 2-3 hours of homework to do every night?

How does homework until 6:30, then dinner, then an hour to relax (or finish the homework) before bed make any sense at all?

Is family time not important? Is time spent just being a child relaxing at home not important? Or should she become some kind of junior workaholic at 10 years old?”

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