Today's Tip for Families

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2026-04-17

Help Your Child Get Past Schoolwork Obstacles

Your child is working on a math assignment and is stuck on a problem. You want to help your elementary schooler solve it, but you don't want to do the work for your child. What should you do?

Start a conversation. Ask what your child knows about the assignment topic. Then, ask what your child has been able to do on the assignment so far. Has your student ever done any problems like this before? Often children will suddenly say, "Oh, I see. I divided when I should have multiplied."

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