However, it is pertinent that your child maintain their own assignment notebook with homework given by each of his or her teachers. This will help keep all assignments in one place, and prevent hopping from one website to gather homework assignments from various teachers.
According to the Chicago Public School Homework Policy, eighth graders are to receive an hour and a half of homework daily! Please keep this in mind and make sure that your child is completing their homework on a daily basis. If your child misses a day this means that the next day they will have compounded three hours of homework, so it is extremely important that your child is in school every day.
The benefits of homework to students are: learning responsibility, reinforcement, increased self-esteem, and a sense of accomplishment.
Children need encouragement and support from their parents. Talk to your child and ask questions about what they did in school today. Check your child's homework while they are working on it in a quiet area of the home. Praise them for their hard work and effort. :)