<p>There is always a tradeoff, yes, but it’s not a strict one-to-one time tradeoff or something. Cutting that music EC in half does not mean that the extra time will be spent productively doing homework, or even having free time to relax or sleep.</p>
<p>I am curious though, at the 4-hour daily homework load that your son has. I ahve never had that much homework daily in my life, not in high school, certainly not in college, and the only time I ever spent doing more than 4 hours of homework a day was the late-night essay cram the day before it’s due. What sort of assignments (busywork I suspect) take 4 hours a day?</p>