This week when I looked in my preschooler's folder from school, there was a simple worksheet in it. I pulled it out and saw that it said “homework” at the top. It was my son's very first homework assignment.

I said, “Look, you have homework today.”

My son's eyes lit up. He took the paper, held it up, and exclaimed, “I finally have homework!”

He was so excited he just had to do it right away even though it wasn't due until Friday. After years of watching big brother and big sister do their homework, he was finally part of the club and he was happy about it. Little does he know...