Reimagining Homework: Building Habits, Not Battles

Loading player...
In this episode, Lauren Edmunds explores why traditional homework often fails children with learning delays, ADHD, or modern short-attention-span brains. She unpacks the real purpose of homework, why parents often resist it, and how focusing on small, consistent daily steps can transform learning.

Drawing on her work with families and a personal story about incremental progress, Lauren shares how tiny, manageable practice builds core academic skills, such as spelling, reading and multiplication, while giving children meaningful dopamine hits that boost motivation. She explains how to “stake the ground”, track progress every four to six weeks, and help children experience genuine achievement.

A practical, compassionate re-frame for parents and educators seeking to reduce homework battles, build confidence, and support lifelong learning habits.
17 Nov 2025 English South Africa Education · Self-Improvement

Other recent episodes

Getting Out of the Hole

Lauren Edmunds uses a powerful metaphor to explore what real remediation should look like when children are struggling. Rather than repeatedly pulling children out of difficulty, she explains why the focus must be on building the skills, resilience and self-belief that allow them to climb out themselves — and stay…
19 Jan 9 min

Going Back: Supporting Children as They Return to School

In this episode, Lauren Edmunds discusses the challenges children face when transitioning back to school after the holidays. She shares simple, practical ways parents can prepare their children for earlier mornings, new routines and increased learning demands. By talking positively about the return to school and helping children know what…
12 Jan 3 min

Using the Stationery List to Build Real Learning Skills

Lauren Edmunds explains how something as ordinary as a school stationery list can become a powerful tool for building organisation, independence and foundational learning skills. She explores how small, everyday tasks help children develop confidence, planning and problem-solving abilities that support long-term academic and life success.
6 Jan 19 min

Denial and Loving Well

Lauren Edmunds speaks candidly about the moment a child receives a diagnosis and the emotional journey that follows for parents and families. Drawing from her own experience as both a mother and an educator, she explores denial, grief, acceptance and responsibility, and why the weight of a diagnosis should never…
17 Dec 2025 12 min

Thinking On and Off

Lauren Edmunds explores what it really means for a child’s brain to be “switched on” rather than passive. She shares a powerful story of a 10-year-old boy on the autism spectrum who has begun to drive his own communication journey from the inside out. Through this, Lauren reflects on agency,…
8 Dec 2025 11 min