<p>My children and I absolutely despite busywork. However, completing boring though relevant homework assignments has value. It teaches respect for authority and discipline, for one thing. Let’s face it, most of us end up working for someone else whom we have to please, and most of us have to perform on a regular basis some tasks that we consider menial, boring, beneath us, and otherwise distasteful. IMO, too many kids and parents today believe everything should be fun and interesting. Life isn’t fun a lot of the time, and doing dishes, pulling weeds, writing expense reports, calling for appointments, etc. aren’t interesting.</p>