Every parent wants to help, and the tricky part is helping in a way that leaves the student stronger rather than more reliant.
The most useful thing you can do is ask questions instead of giving answers. What is the question really asking? What have you tried? Where did it stop making sense? These prompts hand the thinking back to your child, which is where the learning lives.
Protect the conditions, not the content. A quiet space, a set time, and a clear finish line do more for homework than sitting beside them for an hour. Your job is the frame. The work inside it is theirs.
Watch for the difference between stuck and tired. A student who is genuinely stuck needs a small nudge or a tutor. A student who is tired needs a break, not a battle. Learning to tell them apart saves a lot of evenings.
And when a topic is beyond what an evening can fix, that is a signal, not a failure. It is exactly the point where a tutor who teaches the subject for a living can turn a recurring struggle into a solved one.