Yes because eating dinner together as a family takes up the whole evening and then the little kiddies must scamper off to bed and get a good night’s sleep.
Funny, our family ate dinner together, and I still managed to do homework. Same with my family today.
What also hasn’t been mentioned is that homework is the only way a parent can realize what their child is being taught on a daily basis. And how it is being taught.
Funny, we must have been in the same households!
I see what this teacher is trying to achieve. Her method may not be the best but the message, a family unit, is great.
We had one firm rule during my growing up: we ate dinner together, period, no excuses. After school and before dinner was personal time. After dinner time was set aside for homework. That did not mean the rest of the entire evening. The difference then is there were few diversions: AM Radio, one phone in home, TV had 7 or so channels and what was watched was what my parents decided was watched. No prowling about the streets after dark until we were teens either and then within a half mile.
The neighborhood incidentally was multi faceted: Polish, Ukranian, Irish, German, Italian, Black and Scandinavian mostly all catholic FWIW. Not one of my many neighborhood friends ever got in trouble with the coppers. I attribute this to a strong family and church influence in our lives. Oh, we all went to the local parish grammar school too which had a lot to do with it too.