E-Learning has forced parents into rolls they never had before. So we totally understand the potential blank look on Mom or Dad’s face when posed by a certain question on a homework assignment. That’s why there’s the interwebs, right? Could you actually help to complete your child’s work without a search engine though?
More than half (56%) of parents say they feel hopeless trying to help their kids with homework. Two-thirds have turned to search engines like Google for help.
On average kids will ask their parents to help with homework five times per week. When that happens, more than 63% of couples will negotiate who helps ‘this time’ with the homework. Sadly 85% of the time this had led to an argument between the couple.
Below are are some additional findings from the study over homework:
WHAT MAKES MATH SEEM HARDER FOR PARENTS NOW?
- My child is learning math differently than I did 56%
- I only retained math that I use daily 41%
- I didn’t keep up-to-date with math 39%
- My memory wasn’t what it once was 36%
- The homework is difficult to us both 30%
- I was never good at math as a subject in school 18%
WHAT HAVE PARENTS USED AS EXCUSES TO GET OUT OF HELPING?
- Asking their partner to help them instead
- By coming home late
- Doing laundry and cleaning up
- Claiming to be too tired
- Emergency grocery shopping
- Employing a tutor
- Faking a business phone call
- Faking being sick or feeling ill
- Telling their kid that they have so many work things to do on their laptop
