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Just how much should you be helping your kids in completing their homework? Can doing homework with your kids actually be damaging to their learning process? Find out more in this video.

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Maria: Hi my name is Maria. I am from Atlanta, Georgia and my question is how much help should I provide my children with their homework? Sara Sinal: Maria, I think the least help you can give, the better. Again it's age dependent. If you have a young child, calling out spelling words, listening to your child read is very appropriate. For an older child, I think the parental responsibility should be to provide a schedule environment where there is time for homework, where there is a quiet table with good light, and encouragement from the parent to do the homework but I think over involvement of parent with an older child, a middle school or high school aged child with homework, generally is not a good idea.