I often run into college students who aren’t as math proficient as they like, at worst they become anxious. Math anxiety is apparently very common in the US and culturally many people in the US are willing to say that they are “bad at math”. This is strange since people don’t tend to say “I am bad at writing” with such frequency.

A NY Times article discusses how parents may pass on their own math anxieties to their children in an articled called The Square Root of Kids Math Anxiety. It was published online yesterday Aug 24, 2015 and in print on Aug 25, 2015.

It is worth reading for anyone who helps their child with math homework.