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    Homeroom: How Can I Get My Husband’s Ex to Agree on Homework Rules?

    If adults don’t set the same expectations, children can get caught in the middle.
    by Abby Freireich Apr 27, 2021 3 minutes
    Source: Elena Xausa

    Editor’s Note: Every Tuesday, Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer take questions from readers about their kids’ education. Have one? Email them at homeroom@theatlantic.com.

    Dear Abby and Brian,

    I am a stepparent to a second grader (let’s call her Ella) who is in full-time virtual school. Her father and I share custody of Ella 50–50 with her mother and her mother’s boyfriend. When Ella is at her mother’s house, she never completes her schoolwork. This pattern has been going on for months.

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