I'll tell you how we accomplish Ryan's insane amount of homework with his ADHD... we sit down as soon as we walk in the door and work our butts off in hopes of getting it done before the fall out of his medicine wearing off. Once that happens there's no getting him to do anything.
I, personally, do not believe in homework as a whole. If a kid isn't grasping something, then sure, send home a simple worksheet that night. But overall - no. And thank you baby Jesus Zach's teacher has the exact same mindset this year. Ryan at least will sit and do his homework with no drama if his medicine is still working. Zach won't. Zach hates homework. He'll somewhat put up with spelling (because he knows he's a horrendous speller) but he doesn't have spelling this year. Any other subject he gets mad and says that he already spent all day doing this, he knows how to do it, and he isn't doing the stupid stuff again.
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