homework

"It can be really overwhelming to deal with grief and then have to deal with practical things like catching up on homework," she said.

In the schools my kids attended, the gifted program basically meant extra homework.

She remembers sitting at the kitchen table doing her homework when her mom fell and Rigelhaupt didn’t respond the way her mom thought she should.

Timmy is an accepted member of the class: he fails to complete homework, faces adversity and causes trouble with his disabled best friend Jimmy.

"Last year I was struggling with coming up to high school and the amount of homework and to keep having hospital trips for JIA - which is an arthritis that affects children."