This mum is winning the Internet with her no-nonsense approach to her daughter's homework.
Fed up with hours of books and writing work after school, Bunmi Laditan decided to take a stand.
Her post declaring her house a homework-free zone has gone viral with a surprising number of other parents agreeing with her controversial stance.
She says that her 10-year-old daughter is exhausted in the evenings and as her mum, she is frustrated about the hours spent sitting down again after a number of hours in school. She says it is beginning to take its toll on family life, outdoor play and basically preventing her child from doing things that children do.
Bunmi said:
"She's in school from 8:15am-4pm daily so someone please explain to me why she should have 2-3 hours of homework to do every night? How does homework until 6:30, then dinner, then an hour to relax (or finish the homework) before bed make any sense at all? Is family time not important? Is time spent just being a child relaxing at home not important? Or should she become some kind of junior workaholic at 10 years old?"
So, she decided to do something about it - she emailed her daughter's school saying:
"Maya will be drastically reducing the amount of homework she does this year. She is very stressed and having physical symptoms such as chest pain and waking up at 4am worrying about her workload. She is not behind academically and very much enjoys school. We have consulted a tutor and a therapist suggested we lighten her workload. Doing 2-3 hours after getting home from school at 4.30 is leaving little time for her to be a child and just enjoy family time and we'd like to avoid her sinking into a depression over this"
Parents everywhere have contacted Bunmi saying that they would follow suit.
Do you think your child gets too much homework? Is it an essential part of school life or do you think the balance between being free to be a child and having the responsibility of after-school work be prioritised?
Read Bunmi's post in full here
