From The Parent Letter, NYU Child Study Center, aboutourkids.org:
“ Homework offers a way to show a growing sense of competence and independence. Additionally, homework helps forge a connection between school and home.”
http://www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/parent_letter/homework_2_04_e.pdf

From “Responsibility in the Backpack” by Dr. Thomas Banks, head of Middle and Upper Schools, Harrisburg Academy, Central PA, WITF’s monthly magazine, centralpa.org:
“ Learning responsibility is hard, and teaching it is almost as difficult, but inappropriate behavior will change if it is consistently followed by consequences the child finds undesirable. And in a positive sense, there will be more-permanent change if a child gets a desired reward as the result of a particular behavior.”
http://www.centralpa.org/archives/03nov3responsibility.html

From “School Involvement,” Family Matters Parents Guide, Scholastic, Inc., scholastic.com:
“ Get a sense of your child's life at school by asking questions that elicit more than a one-word response. The trick is to ask about things that are specific but open-ended and invite your child to describe his world. It's also great to start the conversation with an anecdote from your own day.”
http://www.scholastic.com/familymatters/parentguides/schoolinvolve/qc_schooldayquestions.htm

From “Schools as Connectors,” Independent School magazine, National Association of Independent Schools, nais.org:
“ Even if they are not actively engaged in teenagers' lives, what adults do, and what their presence does for teens, is perform a kind of social check on the proliferation of really really stupid, really really dangerous, and really really destructive ideas.”
http://www.nais.org/pubs/ismag.cfm?file_id=3369&ismag_id=34