Ep. 60 - Math Anxiety is a Trojan Horse with Dr. Sarah Eason

What if your child's resistance to math has nothing to do with math?   In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Sarah Eason, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science at Purdue University, whose research on family math engagement and math anxiety reframes everything we think we know about why kids shut down around numbers.   This episode is for the parent who dreads math time, who carries their own wounds around numbers, and whose kid has decided math is not for them. What Sarah's research reveals is both surprising and deeply relieving.   We talk about: How math anxiety travels from parent to child without a single word being spoken What actually counts as math learning that most families are already doing Why formal instruction may not be doing the heavy lifting we think it is What predicts long-term math success (it's not worksheets) How parent beliefs and emotions shape a child's math identity from a very young age What to do if you feel like you've already gotten it wrong   Sarah's closing invitation: "Let go of what you think math should look like and reclaim it for you and your family."   LINKS + RESOURCES Sarah Eason https://hhs.purdue.edu/directory/sarah-eason/   WORK WITH 90-MINUTE SCHOOL DAY Training https://90minuteschoolday.com/guide-training/   Day in the Life Community https://90minuteschoolday.com/day-in-the-life/   Free Learning Translator https://90minuteschoolday.com/am-i-doing-enough/