Homework can be a painful, daily ritual for many parents and kids.
But researchers say how parents treat math can have a big effect on child performance.
About 30 percent of workers around the world use algebra at least once a week as part of their job.
As the need for advanced math skills in high-demand stem jobs grows, deep-rooted math anxiety may be holding some kids back.
Parents can help turn that around early on, but that means even the parents who don’t like mat have to take an interest.
Researchers at the University of Chicago had a group of first graders participate in math story time with parents at home.
They found that the kids who did short numerical story problems significantly increased their math achievement throughout the school year compared to kids who only read at home.
This was especially true for kids whose parents were anxious about math.
So parents can use everyday activities like cooking dinner, setting the table and reading stories together as opportunities to add simple arithmetic into everyday life.
These small math interactions can go a long way toward building your child’s math confidence.
The app that was used in the study with the first graders was called .
It’s available on i-phone, i-pad and Android.
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