TAKING TIME by Rebecca Escott Extension Home Economist Taking Time For Homework While you. are busy with your farm harvest baling hay, dig ging potatoes, picking fruit your children are rediscovering the shape of an isosceles triangle, the path of the food chain, and the location of Yugoslavia. Your thoughts are on very different top ics, and that’s a good reason to take a step back and take some time for homework. Researchers indicate that one of the best things that parents can do for their preadolescent and adoles cent children is to practice on going monitoring of activities. Monitoring is a continuous pro cess of keeping in touch with your child’s schedule, friends, events and concerns. One particular check point with monitoring is homework time. By using homework as a time to check in with each other, parents and children can regularly talk about how school is going, what assignments are due, and what topics are being addressed. 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