Understanding why kids fear math, learn slowly, or can't focus - and what's really going on
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I used to think my son feared math because he was bad at it. Then I looked at what I'd been saying. Sometimes the problem isn't the child—it's what we're unintentionally teaching them to feel.
My son can do 24-8 instantly but freezes at 'Lan has 24 candies and gives 8 to Hoa.' I thought he was bad at math. Turns out, the issue was something else entirely.
The teacher says my son catches on quickly. But by evening, he stares at his homework like he's never seen it. I thought he was faking—turns out, this is how children's brains actually work.
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