The youngest of their four children, 13-year-old Meagan, often grapples with homework alone in an empty house.
Some research suggests that regardless of context, whether learning in class, studying outside class, or engaging in homework alone or in collaboration, most students tend to multitask with smartphones (Jacobsen & Forste, 2011; Junco, 2012).
Tell your friend that you would not like to do homework alone because it is boring, and your "inability" to do homework is taking a toll on your grades, which will lead to punishment from your parents.
Jesselyn did the overdue homework and alone got it right.
"The dirty bomb is something that is so easy to execute, I could go so far as to say I believe that one person who has done their homework, acting alone today, could do significant damage, certainly more psychological than real," Dr. Anderson said.
When the children get home, the parents are too tired to help the kids with their homework, let alone setting down and having a "Family Dinner", with everyone at the table.
Likewise, a number of everyday activities (meal times, homework, playing alone, playing with other children, following family routines, individual leisure activities and group leisure activities) were also reported to be adversely affected by ADHD.
As part of this survey, parents were asked whether, on an average week day, their child's ADHD affected various everyday activities: meal-times, homework, playing alone, playing with other children, following family routines, individual leisure activities and group leisure activities.
They also need time to get their homework done, let alone to have any type of social life.
In the opening scene, the child, ordered by his exasperated mother to finish his homework, is left alone in his room.
Now he steps out of a dark room of video screens, his adrenaline still surging after squeezing the trigger, and commutes home past fast-food restaurants and convenience stores to help with homework — but always alone with what he has done.
