What should come first - a child's health and wellbeing or their academic performance in schoolwork...?

If a seven-year-old child has been up much of the night and been having nightmares and is still looking peaky should the *first* thing a parent do is to ask him to fetch his schoolbag so she can see what homework he has and then tell him that they are going visiting today and he will have to sit and do the homework on Sunday upsetting the child after he has been relaxed at last after a troubled night and leaving him in tears as they get into the car?

Shouldn't a child's health and welfare (which includes his state of mind which affects physical health too especially if sleep is disturbed) come ahead of schoolwork which he can catch up with anytime.

I never made my boys do homework if they were sick and I would never have allowed the school to pressure them so at the age of seven anyway.

What sort of world are we creating for our children by putting them under such pressure - and shouldn't parents be resisting that not adding to it?What should come first - a child's health and wellbeing or their academic performance in schoolwork...?ok well im going into 8th grade

and well im so stressed my hair is falling out (im a girl so thts not good)

and school starts 2morrow

and im bullied bad...so i now how the little ones feel about being mentally tired!!What should come first - a child's health and wellbeing or their academic performance in schoolwork...?Health and well being certainly come first in my book. If my son's school over pressured him (I mean OVER pressured) then I would have to talk to the teacher or principal. Homework is not detrimental to a child's health but too much homework can keep a kid from having their natural outlet of after school play and relax time. There needs to be a healthy balance.What should come first - a child's health and wellbeing or their academic performance in schoolwork...?The former, definitely.



It's no good being top of your class, and A* in all your exams, if it destroys your health. Health comes first. Education can always be 'caught up.'