{"product_id":"the-homework-standoff-the-regulated-human-co-9781911837480","title":"The Homework Standoff","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe part that could work finished at half past three.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA classroom supplies a great deal that a kitchen does not. A beginning that was not their decision. An ending they did not have to negotiate. Somebody neutral asking, whose good opinion they do not need at bedtime. And no audience who loves them, watching a thing go wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake all of that away and ask for twenty more minutes, at the worst hour of the day, from the part that is left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA short book about the hour after the worksheet comes out. Why twenty minutes becomes seventy, and how to stop at fifteen without it costing anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is in it: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive things a classroom provides that a kitchen does not, and why removing them changes what you are actually asking for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy sitting opposite them the whole time is received as surveillance, however it is meant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy the comparison to a sibling converts a worksheet into a statement about who they are in this family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading the question out loud, which is often the whole blockage. A question read aloud by somebody else is a different question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoing the hardest one first, together, and then leaving. Starting is nearly all of it, and starting is the part they cannot do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting the note to the teacher. Two lines, sent the same evening, telling them you have sent it. Most people will not do this and most teachers wish they would.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading records, and what the daily reading is actually for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTalking to the school: what is worth saying, and why most parents do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWords for the worksheet, and two that cost the evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the part underneath: how much of what arrives at that table is your own school, turning up without being invited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing here about whether homework is a good idea. You may have views. So do a great many teachers. None of it is any use at twenty to five with a worksheet on the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe teaching is the school's job. What happens at your table is a different thing, and it is the only part you can change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fifteen minutes, then stop.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the parent, not the child. Sixty-four pages, small enough for a coat pocket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book supports everyday emotional awareness. It is not a screening tool and it is not a substitute for professional guidance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryday Signals: short guides for the hard bits of an ordinary day. No quick fixes. No hype. Regulation before optimisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e The Regulated Human Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911837486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911837480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regulated Human Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.15d","brand":"The Regulated Human Co","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666203709695,"sku":"9781911837480","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-homework-standoff-the-regulated-human-co-9781911837480","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}