Now Lineker claims that homework’s a waste of time!
GARY Lineker has cried foul over homework, branding the nightly ritual a ‘waste of time’.
The England star turned Match of the Day presenter – and father to four grown-up sons – said it simply brought ‘stress into the home’.
He told his Twitter followers: ‘Seems an awful lot of parents agree on the pointlessness and stressful nature of homework.
‘Kids should be allowed to play and enjoy home-life with their parents without the divisiveness of work they have plenty of time to do at school.’ Lineker, 57, taking part in a Twitter debate, continued: ‘Homework is a waste of time. Brings stress to the home, stress to the child, stress to the parents, stress to the parent-child relationship. Reading every night should suffice.’
He was criticised by Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan, who said only ‘lazy parents’ would want their children not to do homework.
But he won the backing of mother-ofthree Rebekah Vardy, wife of England footballer Jamie, who said: ‘My nightly battle right there! More to the point I don’t even understand half of it.’
The debate was started by Rob Delaney, US star of Channel 4’s Catastrophe, who was surprised by the homework his children got when he moved to Britain.