Why is kids' modern homework so confusing to parents?

“I had a parent today tell me they struggle to help their kid with math homework and review because things are done “differently now”.”source ↗

“She comes home every night with homework that takes her about 1.5 hours to complete along with the required reading and log.”source ↗

“I can tell this is the reason she’s losing her bubbly self.”source ↗

“I just need some advice and words of encouragement”source ↗

“My daughter is in 1st grade and we just had a parent/teacher conference last week. Her teacher says she's behind in both reading and math, but more so in math. I felt my heart drop when she told us.”source ↗

“Has anyone else been in the same boat and have any suggestions for what worked to get your child back up to speed? Like games or activities to do at home?”source ↗

“The struggle is getting him to manage his time independently, stay organized, recognize what needs to be done, and resist the overwhelming urge to socialize with every human within a 20 foot radius.”source ↗

“I definitely have needed refreshers while helping.”source ↗

“Nearly every week, my kid will be up at 9:30 PM and panicked because he doesn’t have a posterboard for a science project, a special clothing item for spirit day, etc.”source ↗

“Nearly all of these things require me to run out and buy something at the last second and it’s wearing on my patience.”source ↗

“I feel completely lost when my daughter asks for help on her homework!? I forgot literally everything and it’s embarrassing! It’s actually alarming how much I don’t remember.”source ↗

“For the past two and a half weeks I have been sitting with him but its an awfully slow process because of dawdling.”source ↗

“My 16 year old son just unloaded to me all the stress he’s been carrying around inside him.”source ↗

“He’s crazy stressed about getting good grades, getting straight B’s rather than A’s.”source ↗

“He’s also the kind of kid who is extremely hard on himself.”source ↗

“On the first sheet, every single question was wrong and on the second sheet every single question was right.”source ↗

“I have a quant job and absolutely conceptually understand the math concepts as they were taught to me, but I often go watch a video or look up an explanation to make sure I’m doing the mechanics correctly”source ↗

“Well now here we are 2nd week in and he's not even trying with his work. I feel very disappointed in myself as a parent. Idk what to do. It's so hard motivating him & he just doesn't care!”source ↗

“He's very much the type to, if it doesn't work the first time or first 4 seconds, he's over it and gives up.”source ↗

“I have a 7th grader who recently switched schools from public to charter. Main reason for transition was due to bullying, however their previous two years at public the homework load was essentially non existent.”source ↗

“The point of this post is basically I’ve noticed that they struggle with the bare minimum.”source ↗

“It’s not feasible to sit at a table for over 3 hours and then when it’s our turn to check the work it’s another hour to two hours redoing it with them.”source ↗

“It’s just the terminology that is weird. I haven’t encountered anything actually hard, it just asks a question and I don’t g know what the hell they are asking.”source ↗

“The home work with say something along the lines of solve these using the "X" method, and I have no idea what theyre talking about and apparently neither do my kids”source ↗

“It's not the actual math that confuses me, it's more the way they're doing it now with common core. Sometimes it's the horrible wording of the question as well. But yes, sometimes I just totally forget how to do the math because I don't multiple fractions on a daily basis.”source ↗

“My youngest is in third and won’t do any homework unless I’m watching her do it. She won’t even do it for her dad or grandma-babysitter. It’s fatiguing.”source ↗

“My son has always struggled with remembering to bring home certain papers or finish things in a timely manner without a lot of reminders and help from me.”source ↗

“However, he cannot seem to bring home his math sheet (assigned Monday due Friday).”source ↗

“I am doing spelling bees now because when working on a homework he couldn’t pronounce emphasize nor knew what it meant. I asked him to spell it … you’d think it was a second grader making the attempt.”source ↗

“My kid does this when he's bored 😏”source ↗

“Sounds exactly like my son. Class clown, 3 sport athlete, extremely social, and struggled with impulsivity. Middle school was hard and not much we did helped.”source ↗

“I feel like if I'm not micro-managing, he doesn't get anything done, but then I know I can't micromanage forever!”source ↗

“So she’s trying to explain to me how she would do something like 154+53 and ends up with this convoluted mess and gets it wrong.”source ↗

“I guess I need to learn her method so I can help her in the way she learns in school but it’s so frustrating to see them overcomplicating this.”source ↗

“Where it becomes difficult is if the parent is not learning it at the same time, they won’t be able to help their child. It can get frustrating for the child is someone is trying to show or explain something in the ‘old way’.”source ↗

“I’m looking into learning tablets to try and help my son catch up on second grade. Any suggestions? We don’t currently use any tablets or video games but I’m willing to let him for this..I’m also going to start working with him after school on non sports days.”source ↗

“This new bizarre methods add nothing but confusion. Algorithm is straightforward.”source ↗