If by 'help' they mean 'do the homework' then of course it won't help the child! Teachers, despite popular opinion, are not stupid and know if it is a child's own work!
Early tasks (Reception/KS1) suggested by schools to do at home is intended to demonstrate a 'partnership' between family and school and help busy working parents to get to see what is happening in school. If it does not do that, either because school fails to pitch or explain the tasks properly or because parents are over competitive /anxious then it is not doing the job it was supposed to do.
Homework for older kids can be a good discipline but again some helicopter parents cannot let their kids do it alone and some teachers set inappropriate work. I think I am coming to the conclusion that, for older children, there should be school based time for 'independent' work. This could be available for an hour and a half after each school day & overseen by 'supervisors' as at exam time. It would not be compulsory to attend but the completion of the tasks would be. Work could be 'stamped' if it was completed at the independent sessions to inform teachers. Probably happens already in lots of places.
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