Math: From Tears to Smiles: why math matters, why so many kids struggle with it, when to intervene to turn math anxiety into

"This book teaches you how to create math confidence in both yourself and your child in a way you never imagined - from the inside out. Dr. Pan has a rare gift of teaching the world of math through your child's individual learning skill set. It's a book that no parent should go without." -Cathie Batbie-Loucks, Parent and KVOA-TV News Director

If a child in your life is struggling with math and test anxiety, you may feel lost, bewildered, hopeless, or even in despair.

But please be encouraged. Since 2003, Dr. Feenix Pan has been teaching and coaching kids to recover from math and test anxiety and helping them to realize their full academic potential. This book does not teach you math. Instead it's a practical guide to help a child navigate the landscape of K-12 math with ease by giving a process that on how you, the parent, can influence a child's lifelong relationship with math regardless of your own math level.

After reading this book you will be able to:

• manage math-related conflicts
  
• hear your child's unspoken words
  
• impart methods of effective and efficient learning to your child
  

all in a way that maintains and strengthens that special bond you share with a child.

Dr. Pan's 17 years in the trenches as a performance coach has taught her that:

• Math is different from all other subjects in that it's the most difficult to keep up with.
  
• More than any other subject, the level of math understanding achieved by senior year in high school will influence a child's potential career and college choices.
  
• In most cases it is the parents' or guardians' responsibility, rather than the school's, to manage kids' math education.
  
• YOU are essential to a child's math success.
  
• There are many ways to help and effectively guide kids on their math journey that do not require you to be a math genius.
  

Dr. Pan talks about real issues when it comes to your kids learning math. More than that, she reveals the specific practical strategies that helped herself, her many students and her own two kids master math. In the process, she recounts her own struggles in math and how she overcame them and used this hard-won knowledge to help other children who had given up on math regain their confidence. Most importantly, after reading this book, you the parent can be the guide to your childs futiure by not letting math stand in the way.