Homework. The word alone can send parents into a cold sweat. For kids, it’s a daily grind. For parents? It’s the nightly test they didn’t sign up for. Enter mom and TikTok creator Lottie Weaver, who went viral for admitting what many parents only whisper about: sometimes she just gives her kids the answers.

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Not all of them—just the ones at the end of the worksheet when her kids are tired, cranky, and one eye-roll away from a meltdown. Her parenting hack? “When they’re done, I’m done.” Honestly… relatable.

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Lottie is mom to three girls—Berklie (12), Kinlee (9), and Hadley (6). She swears she doesn’t hand out answers when her kids are struggling to learn. Instead, she swoops in at the end of the night when the vibe has shifted from “I’m learning math” to “this worksheet is trying to kill me.”

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Her point is simple: sometimes, parenting isn’t about being the strict teacher. It’s about preserving peace at 7:30 p.m. when dinner dishes are still in the sink and bedtime is already a negotiation.

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As she put it: “They start to get antsy, fidgety, annoyed, so I just step in. I know they’re good students, so I’m not worried about it.”

And that’s when moms everywhere said: same.

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Think of it this way: parents are like the overworked tech support hotline for homework. After 20 minutes of “Have you tried sounding it out?” and “Show your work,” sometimes the quickest fix is just… handing over the solution.

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It’s not “cheating,” it’s efficiency. It’s the parenting equivalent of Ctrl+Alt+Delete.

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One viral commenter summed it up: “This isn’t ‘giving the answers.’ This is called ‘mental health management.’”

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Of course, the internet is divided. Some parents argue that homework builds discipline, resilience and critical thinking. Others point out that after six hours of school, kids are fried—and so are parents.

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Parenting experts might suggest a middle ground:

• Use It as a Teaching Moment (Sometimes): Walk through the problem after giving the answer.
• Know Your Kid: If your child is struggling academically, giving them the shortcut won’t help long term.
• Pick Your Battles: Not every math sheet is worth a household meltdown.

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In other words: sometimes you’re a teacher, sometimes you’re a coach, and sometimes you’re the emergency backup generator.

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