She met weekly with the other two children, going over homework, doling out candy for good behavior and subtracting points for misconduct.

Bill's staff tried to persuade me that it would be good for our image to be seen with Chelsea at breakfast or talking over homework.

He would sit by her side, happily going over homework she had already finished.

The kids fret over homework, and Vicky Mellencamp prepares for a board meeting at the area's progressive primary school.

And she spends time doing what she certainly never did in high school or college - bonding with her fourth-grade daughter over homework.

You don't want to go crazy over homework.

This made sense, since I was, after all, acting like a 21-year-old college student: staying up late, drinking alcohol, and stressing over homework and exams.

I wonder if these other parents have rewound the tape in their minds back to the first day of kindergarten, or to the battles over homework.

He was cranky and would get upset over homework not done, cry, call himself stupid, and pester his sister.

But this system often becomes overactive in situations that are nagging but not life threatening like worries over relationships, deadlines, money or homework.