He never really explained why his daughter couldn't start homework before 8pm, which I thought displayed a curious lack of acknowledgement that it was a late ti

He never really explained why his daughter couldn't start homework before 8pm, which I thought displayed a curious lack of acknowledgement that it was a late time to start - homework she started at 4pm (like I had to at her age) wouldn't be cutting into her 8 hours of sleep even if it took 4 or 5 hours. Is she doing required school activities? Watching TV at home alone because her parents are at work? Doing three kinds of dance lessons they signed her up for? Although he does at one point mention that "she already worked on Spanish that afternoon" so I'm not sure if she does and he didn't count that time? Just seemed like he was being a little myopic about the issue.