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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, basic math understanding means that you should be able to recall your way of getting the right answer, then work backwards from that to figure out the teacher's way, and then explain the teacher's way to your kid (and also your way, because the more they understand that there are different ways of getting to the answer, the better it is for logical reasoning).

At least, this is what I've always done. My kids are older teens now, and went the advanced math track route.

-research scientist.[/quote]

Cool. My older kid also went the advanced route and is self sufficient and I could help problem solve along the way.

But when I kid doesn't get it at all, I'm starting from scratch every night and studying the material myself before attempting to teach it? I don't think this is supposed to be how this works. [/quote]

The means is not important, OP. The results matter: that your child understands the very easy primary school math. So figure it out, watch videos, get a tutor, whatever's needed. If you have no clue now, what you earth will you do when your kid struggles in middle and high school?

If your only option is to sweat it out every night, well, that's what you do. Surely you're not proposing to leave your kid hanging?

I come at this from the perspective of having taught material to my child with special needs every afternoon of every school day of every year of elementary school. In middle and high school, I could afford a few tutors. That child is now in a good university.

Your hard work (or your hard-earned money) will pay off. Stop whining. This is also parenting.

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