Why do young children get homework projects when for such young children, the projects are actually the responsibility of the parents?

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I don’t know if this is why, but it will get the parents into the habit of working with their children. The more closely parents work with children on schoolwork, the more success the kids will have academically. So it works. Just not sure if they think of that when they assign the homework.

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