Learning problems? Resolve the cause, not just the symptom

Many parents try to resolve the symptoms of their child's learning problems, not what causes it, and as a result, their child will never get better at learning.

You know the scenario, your child will have a low grade in math so you send him to a math tutor. perhaps it helps perhaps it doesn't 't. what you are doing is trying to resolve the symptoms of your child's learning problems. don't cause symptoms may bring some solution in the short term relief but if the problem is still there, you child will continue to have problems with learning mathematics.

It's like having the doctor prescribe Tylenol for headaches caused by a brain tumor. The migraine can go away for a while, but the tumor is still waiting to cause trouble. This can be a bit of a scary analogy but really, I would like to stress the importance of to find out why your child struggles to learn and try to solve the cause of any learning questions rather than just treating the symptoms.

What happens if you only try to fix the symptoms?

Your child will lose a lot of energy trying to work that he cannot do. He will Concoct a variety of ways to get to work, no one is the correct way, and none of which help him understand what he is learning.

I have used too much of my time trying to undo some of the ways children try to do their work, to undo a bad way to work is twice as difficult as to introduce the right way to do things the only good., that this has shown me is that children are endlessly inventive in ways that they are trying to solve problems.

If your child is struggling with math to find out WHY.

Perhaps he does not know what strategy to use, perhaps he can not organize its work, perhaps he has missed a crucial lesson.

If your child hates doing homework, find out WHY.

Perhaps he did not know, what does he have too much to do, or he thinks he will get poor marks, or he keeps forgetting his books or ... or ...

If your child cannot make friends at school to find out WHY.

Perhaps she did not know how to share, or she is missing language skills or she is afraid of the teacher because she does not know what you must do, or ... or ...

If your child is unfounded and appears lazy to find out WHY.

He Knows how to be responsible for his work, he is aware of how much effort he has to use at work, he understand why he goes to school ... ...

If your bright child gets low marks for his essays, find out WHY

Perhaps he is missing the ability to pay attention in class, perhaps he has no idea what a good essay should look like, perhaps ha have no idea what the teacher would expect him to do, or ...

Remember, only when you determine the cause of this problem, you can start to repair it.

What would you rather do help solve your child's symptoms, or the reason for their learning problems?

I know what works best.