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<p>I wish schools collected all homework at the beginning of the day so that the others can't try to copy the homework that is due in later periods.
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<p>I'm a student, but I just wanted to share my experience in the exact situation that your kids are in. Like your kids, I would spend hours completing my homework the night before, and come to school and have friends asking for answers .. and considering that the assignment is due that day, they simply wanted the answers and didn't really care about understanding the questions at all. I did help them at first, but after a few assignments, I became increasingly annoyed since I was the one who had lost several hours of sleep in order to finish while I'm pretty sure that they had not finished because they knew that they could get the answers from me or some other person at school the next day. Obviously they could tell I was annoyed, but I guess they thought it was more important that they complete their assignment than care about how frustrated I was. Anyway, I had a close friend who never completed her homework and was always asking for answers, and after much consideration (and also due to a partner report that I had pulled an almost all-nighter trying to complete because things came up and I had to complete most of her part.. and the only portion that she had to do, she turned in late so we got marked down!) I couldn't take it anymore and I confronted her about it. I told her exactly how frustrated and annoyed I was and had been for the past months.. and this was one of the best decisions I had ever made :) She was completely understanding and apologetic and also she had been unaware of just HOW annoyed I had been.. and not only did this not destroy our friendship, it only made it stronger. I truly admired how she reacted to the confrontation and now I think we have a greater respect for each other. And even better, I think she may have told (although I'm still not sure) our other friends how I felt because after that, no one came bugging me for answers anymore! Anyway my point is that your kids' good friends are truly good friends, they should hopefully be as understanding and it may even help their friendship.</p>