This is Ask Lisa, a podcast to help people understand the psychology of parenting, now in the midst of a pandemic.

Psychologist Dr. Lisa DeMore, author of two New York Times best-selling parenting books, takes your questions.

And I'm co-host, Rinaina Ninan a journalist and mom of two

some of what we talk about comes from raising children ourselves most of the time I'll be

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at dr. Lisa demour.com episode 13 How do I get my kid to do homework?

I feel like I'm working seven days a week, like harder than I ever have before.

I feel the same way.

I feel like I've never worked so hard in my life as I am right now.

But you know what the frustrating part is? I feel like I can never get my hard in my life as I am right now. But you know what the

frustrating part is? I feel like I can never get my kids to do what I need them to do. Like you're

working triple overtime and they're not picking up their own slack. Triple overtime. That's why I took

some satisfaction in seeing this in our inbox from a mom who wrote this letter, which just

hit so close to home for me,

says, I'm a new podcast listener and have been really enjoying your show. My question is regarding my

five and a half year old who's currently attending in person all day kindergarten. He takes a bath

after coming home and then it's playtime or screen time until dinner time. Bedtime routine starts after dinner.

He's been having homework with kindergarten that's assigned on Fridays and it's usually

due the following Friday. Previously, I've been able to get him to finish the homework on

weekend so we haven't had to worry about it during the week, the most ideal situation in my

opinion. However, the increase in homework load, we've been splitting

it up to be done over a couple of days. He has been adamant about having his play or screen time

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