The health of every human is measured in terms of physical well-being and mental capability amongst others. A child may deteriorate mentally as a result of excessive school work. Children typically need to play more than engage in mental activities because their brains need to develop and not put under duress at a young age. School activities are stressful for kids, and homework is unnecessary and can even result in unfavorable health conditions in extreme cases. Homework without limit, whether for kids or adults, is a disaster waiting to happen.
Young children that are being subjected to rigorous homework may suffer from both internal and external stress. The more difficult they find it to cope in school, the more difficult it is for their parents to keep calm about their condition. Most times, some parents panic so much that it affects the child. For example, a child who finds it difficult to complete homework regularly may be mentally stressed by the teacher and his school peers. When parents notice this, they start to make the child feel better but may increase the child’s level of stress.
Homework also affects a child’s performance in school. A child that does not do homework regularly may have their self-esteem reduced gradually. The teacher may even consciously or subconsciously begin to look down on that child while his peers who do theirs might even bully or make fun of him. A child with low self-esteem will begin to see school as a difficult thing he wants to escape from. He could also begin to feel as if he was born a dullard and may disregard education later in the future.
Too much homework also robs children of their playtime and makes it difficult for families to bond, creating distance between family members. A child may not be able to get the needed attention and love he desires from his family. As a result of this, homework creates a diverge between families, thereby affecting the students’ mental health. Although this is not so for some families, it is true in many families, especially those with busy parents. As a result of this divergent homework brings about, some parents have ordered their children not to do their homework when it takes more than 10minutes to complete.
Some studies have shown that it is not only younger children being adversely affected by excessive homework. High school and college students also view homework as their worst nightmare. It takes a large part of their time and drains their energy drastically. Research showed that students living in high-achieving communities spend a huge part of their time doing homework, experience more stress, health challenges, and lack of balance in their lives. This is why some high-achievers die at young ages.