@njunge...now they have upgraded,they are singing the world cup song waka waka .

...but home work is a tool to assess whether you are wasting money on school fees or you put the kid behind the counter kama duka walas.You cant expect the teacher to make your kid sharper.its your job baba nani.
....non parents keep out of this discussion,just watch and learn for the future.
... for those who are talking about playing ,there is time for everything.they play for an hour and come do serious stuff after that.
....the kids also feel happy to show there parent(s) how they scored highly which is called pride.they then get rewarded and even work harder.thats called motivation.

@guka: pass the lyrics najua "mabrigan mabrigan number 28 I wenti for-a-walko but-i now i stop on Breaakk...."

that the only part i know

ati waka waka

...whereas I try as much as possible to throw my 5 cents help, I find mama doing it most of the time. But seriously kids of today amaze me...you have to supervise them to eat, to bathe, remind them to go to bed early, insist on them doing homework as if you are the one going to face the teacher the following day...surely!!! Have the teachers become too soft? Siku ile kiboko ilitembea, as Chinua Achebe would say, that is where the rain started beating us. During my time, many many years back, nobody used to remind me read for exams... I envy those parents who have responsible children!!!

While we are still at it, how do you instill discipline into children who are being influenced by bad neighbours, TV etc

@Magigi,

For three cold beers...lol!!