How fast should you accelerate your kid in math?

Re:How fast should you accelerate your kid in math? by klyrs on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:39PM (#36923156)

As a mathematician with a kid who thinks he loves math (but doesn't love effort), I try to expose him to fun math. I also casually reveal upcoming concepts (currently negative numbers and fractions), so he'll struggle less when his curriculum demands it. But I never push. When he asks for more, I'm always there. When his attention wanders, that's my cue to shut up.

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Re:How fast should you accelerate your kid in math? by tbihl on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:31PM (#36927219)

Interestingly, the argument I've heard for math focus is to do it because it's something hard to use as a training ground for perseverance, which is nearly the reverse of your situation.

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Re:How fast should you accelerate your kid in math? by klyrs on Sunday July 30, 2023 @12:50AM (#36927915)

If that's coming from within, I'm all for it. Pushing that on a child as young as mine should be criminal.

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