> Instead of allowing his daughter to watch episodes of Portlandia on her computer all afternoon That's a bit unfair -- that was Friday afternoon only. I don'

> Instead of allowing his daughter to watch episodes of Portlandia on her computer all afternoon That's a bit unfair -- that was Friday afternoon only. I don't have any kids in school yet, and I'm not in the US anymore anyway; but I do remember from my HS experience it would have been unkind to force me to complete all homework before any entertainment. School ended at 2:15 (because it started at 7am... ugh), but that's when after school activities started -- and who could have a decent college app without extracurriculars? I worked on the literary magazine, ran track/cross-country, was in a few plays/musicals, and got home either at 4:30 (early bus) or a bit before 6pm (late bus), usually the latter. In theory I could sometimes get some work done during the school day, but when would I hang out with friends, then? I agree about limits on homework time, and entertainment time; but I think I'd be inclined to make sure they had both downtime and homework time, and if the homework couldn't be completed, so be it.