18 January 2023 , 17:22
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Kirstie Allsopp has confessed that 'one of her greatest regrets' is forcing her children to do their homework.
The Location, Location, Location presenter, 51, shares sons Bay Atlas, 16, and Oscar Hercules, 14, with her husband Ben Anderson.
She is also a proud step-children to Ben's two children from a previous relationship.
The TV presenter has never been shy about sharing her opinions - no matter how controversial they may be - and her latest confession has sparked a healthy debate on Twitter after Kirstie suggested that children doing homework is a somewhat pointless task.
Kirstie's homework confession has sparked debate among parents (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
The TV star is a proud mum to two sons (Can Nguyen/REX/Shutterstock)On Wednesday, the Channel 4 presenter took to Twitter to retweet a post which suggested that young children should not be forced to do their homework.
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Retweeting the post, Kirstie added: "One of the greatest regrets of my life is that I didn’t do this for my kids.
"The tears, the time together lost, for many families homework causes real, daily unhappiness to no good end."
Kirstie also shared another tweet, where she asked: "'Question, real question - not a reason for abuse please.
Kirstie said: 'One of the greatest regrets of my life is that I didn’t do this for my kids' (Jonathan Hordle/REX/Shutterstock)"How much difference would it make to a teacher’s working day if the Gov said 'from now on homework is reading only, no more written homework that needs marking etc'?
"You hear this from every corner. Doctors, teachers, nurses. Safeguards are vital, but do we need to start again to insure everything makes sense and actually helps not hinders?"
While some people rushed to agree with Kirstie's stance on homework, others were left rather livid by her confession as one insisted that she had 'no idea' what she was talking about.
"Kirstie. You literally have no idea what you're talking about. I have been a teacher for 38 years and not once has any parent complained about their kids doing homework. It's what has been done for generations," they fumed.
The TV star is not a fan of homework (Dave Benett / Getty Images for Kidzania London)
Kirstie's confession has sparked debate on Twitter (Getty Images)While another echoed: "If my kids weren't forced to do their homework they never would have learned the discipline they needed to get through life. This wokeness needs to stop once and for all."
After receiving a slew of negative responses, Kirstie took to Twitter again to share her thoughts.
"Dear God, Give me the strength to be polite and kind to all the people about to tell me their children love homework," she sarcastically wrote.
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To which a number of followers made light of the situation.
"I can safely say my children have never used the words 'homework' and 'enjoy' in one sentence," one joked. "Children don't like homework and whoever is saying that they do, need to wake up," another echoed.
While a third quipped: "Oh for goodness sake!!! Kids need to do homework to teach them life lessons as much as to help them learn. But no child LOVES doing homework after a long day in school. Get a grip."