The Department of Education of Manila is promoting a ‘no weekend homework’ policy. It’s in their opinion that weekends should be about parent-child bonding and not about making homework.
I do get the idea of this policy and I do agree on some points, but some of the points are way too extreme. It is so that parents should be able to spend time and do stuff with their kids on the weekends, but I don’t think that transforming weekends into holidays is the right way to make this happen.
It is here that working hours and labour income are important. As for the working hours, there are people who have to work on the weekends and who can’t spend more time with their kids. As a result these kids would be left to do whatever they want and this can cause some problems. As for the effect of labour incomes on the weekend, some parents just can’t afford it to do these trips with their kids.
As for what Carol discussed in her blog, I think that she really nailed it. Sometimes it doesn’t matter if the parents are divorced, if they have a high income, etc. The most important thing is that the parents love their kids and that they are capable taking care of them. (As we know, loving your kids, doesn’t always guarantee that they are taken care of properly.)
Annelies Troch
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