Ifs an annual back-to-school routine for parents. One morning you wave your child goodbye, and that【A11】______ evening you're burning the late-night oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards, 【A12】______ are throwing the books at kids.【A13】______ elementary school students are complaining of homework 【A14】______ . What's a well-meaning parent to go?

As hard as【A15】______ may be, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you've got to get them to do it,【A16】______ helping too much, or even examining【A17】______ too carefully, you may keep them【A18】______ doing it by themselves. "I wouldn't advise a parent to check every 【A19】______ assignment,says psychologist John Rosemond, author of Ending the Tough Homework. " There's a【A20】______ of. appreciation for trial and error. Let your children【A21】______ the grade they deserve.

Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask them to rethink their【A22】______ But "you don't want them to feel it has to be 【A23】______ ，" she says.

Thafs not to say parents should【A24】______ homework first, they should monitor how much homework their kids【A25】______ Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary years and an hour in【A26】______ four; five, and six is standard, says Rosemond. For junior-high students it should be【A27】______ more than an hour and a half, and two for high-school students. If your child【A28】______ has more homewwk than this, you may want to check【A29】______ other parents and then talk to the teacher about【A30】______ assignments.