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In many countries school-age children spend their free time doing homework. Is it a good or a bad thing? Give examples based on your own experience.

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In modern times, parents are increasingly concerned with the activities of their children after they finish the school day. In light of these
concerns some
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concerns, some
 parents choose to have them do
homework
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 with their free
time
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, but nowadays there is debate as to whether
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 has more positive or negative effects. After considering all angles of
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 controversial question, the more long term solution is to take the attention off
homework
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 and place it on the value
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of
 family
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 and playing. Without question, children should not merely do
homework
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 with their free
time
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 because
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 would harm the development of the family. It is harmful to a child to only complete
homework
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 in free
time
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 because
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 prevents them from improving family relationships, and ultimately these relationships inspire overcoming challenges that lead to long term success in
life
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.
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 to improving relationships, family values allow us to have healthy friendships and motivation in
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, but if the student is only doing
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instead
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 of learning these lessons they will become a social outcast as they get older. Outside of the family
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 argument, we can point to other factors that lead to rejecting a strict focus on
homework
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. The values learned from playing during free
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 at home cannot be underestimated, and
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 we should reject the idea of only doing
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. When children play, they learn relationship skills
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 as overcoming conflict and making new friendships. Not only is that point
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value
values
 to understand, but
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 playing teaches how to enjoy
life
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 in ways that
homework
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 cannot accomplish because when doing
homework
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, a student is solitary and isolated. These supporting points of relationship skills and learning to appreciate
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,
indeed demonstrate
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indeed, demonstrate
 that playtime should be just as, if not, more important than
homework
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. Sometimes when we focus only on academics
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, we miss out on equally essential components of
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such
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 family development and playing with others.
Homework
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 is not the be all and end all of a child's success. If
children
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the children
 played more and spent additional
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 learning
values
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the values
from
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of
 family, they would be more successful in school and
life
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.
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