Doing your childs homework

[Bigtallfatbloke]

...is this right?

I have just done a history essay for my son. I did it because I have always offred to help him and he has never yet asked...but tonight he did & i dont wont to let him down he has a mountain of other work to do, he is tired, has had a long hard week and deserves a break i feel.
He does a lot of out of school work/activities as well and they occupy most of his week outside of school hours.
His reports so far have all been excellent (awaiting next weeks though!)

So...am i right to do this?

I may have screwed it up big time...it's been 30 year since I got my O level in History!

Will the teacher know?

Have I deprived him of his learning?

Do others do this as well?

Will I be judged and sent to hell for my sin?

 

[Abitrary]

In the long term, it only depends if you've done a better or worse job than he would have done.

 

[graham56]

See Me

 

[wafflycat]

I've never done my son's homework for him, but I have helped him with ideas, suggestions of where to look, done explanations, but never done the actual work. I think doing the homeowrk for them is wrong: I see it as cheating. Sorry, BTSlimmerB, but it is cheating.

 

[domtyler]

You definitely did the wrong thing, although you clearly know that already or you wouldn't have come straight on here and posted what you did.

If he has a heavy work load and is struggling to cope he should have gone and talked it though with his teacher(s) and come up with a work around, not got his Dad to do his work for him. This would have taught him a valuable lesson in responsibility and managing a heavy work load.

Instead of this lesson he has now learnt that when the shoot hits the fan Dad will bail him out.

 

[Bigtallfatbloke]

..makes a change from him bailing me out

 

[domtyler]

..makes a change from him bailing me out

 

[alecstilleyedye]

if it's only a one off it's hardly the crime of the century, especially as he'll probably have classmates copying stuff off the internet anyway.

 

[Crackle]

I think I agree with Domtyler - might have gone as far as writing him a structured plan to follow but if he got to that point then he's maybe missed a trick in either not doing the work effeciently or not asking for help in good time?

 

[ColinJ]

I received an email from my sister a few weeks back asking if I would do my niece's homework for her because she (my sister) was too tired to do it! I wrote back and said that it wouldn't help my niece's education to have us doing her homework for her, but I was prepared to be of assistance.

I did 10 minutes of searching on Google to see what combination of search terms found the most useful websites. I emailed my niece with a little 'how to use Google effectively' tutorial and enough hints that she could then find the information for herself.

I think that Parents help their children most by providing encouragement, advice and explanations, not by just writing out the answers.

 

[Dave5N]

Don't worry about it.

Just make sure he reads it properly before he hands it in.

 

[simon l& and a half]

At the risk of being a complete kissarse (see CTC or Sustrans thread) I'm with Waffly one hundred percent. If you can kindle some enthusiasm where there is (however temporarily) none, then do it.

 

[simon l& and a half]

I do think that Fattersbehistoricallyaccurate should post the essay here, in order that we might (ahem) offer our further advice.....

 

[Crackle]

and correcct the typpos (sic)

 

[Noodley]

I do think that Fattersbehistoricallyaccurate should post the essay here, in order that we might (ahem) offer our further advice.....

I am quite disappointed we were not asked to help in the first place