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my four year old can dress himself. my 10 year old can cook and make breakfast or lunch for himself and his little brother. not every day, only occasionally on weekends, but it helps. breakfast and lunch is also served in school. the older one helps with housework. the kids can wash themselves and go to bed on their own. that really takes care of most of the work.

i work from home. we spend plenty of time together. doing housework is family time.

there is no homework. if the kids come home with work that they need help with, then i'll have a talk with the teacher. homework is a practice that should be abolished. but if it is given, it should be tasks that the kids can do on their own in order to practice what they learned. if a child can not do their homework on their own, then by definition the teacher didn't teach them yet (or failed), and the homework was not appropriate. homework is not the place for the children to catch up what they didn't learn in school.