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    Originally Posted by passthepotatoes
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    The authors recommend that the mentor not be a parent, even if the parent is qualified. For reasons of cost and convenience I am mentoring my kids.

    Do they explain why they see it as being a problem?

    They do, briefly. Quoting p123 of the 1st edition, http://books.google.com/books?id=L5...AEwAA#v=onepage&q=parent&f=false

    "We do not recommend that parents mentor their children, even if they have the appropriate background in mathematics. Parents may demand too much of their own child or may be unable to get enough cooperation from their child. They may be too ego-involved in the mentoring situation, or they simply may not have credibility with the school."



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    Bostonian #102543 05/17/11 06:23 AM
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    Originally Posted by Bostonian
    "We do not recommend that parents mentor their children, even if they have the appropriate background in mathematics. Parents may demand too much of their own child or may be unable to get enough cooperation from their child. They may be too ego-involved in the mentoring situation, or they simply may not have credibility with the school."

    I read this book a few years ago and remember thinking it was silly for the parent not to be the mentor. In retrospect, though, this passage turns out to have predicted many of my inadequacies. Small consolation, too, that I can outperform even what the experts predict!

    Ah, well. We do our best...

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    Any suggestions where/how to find a mentor? We are thinking that this would be the best step for us next year with DS5-almost-6... They are having a hard time differentiating appropriately for him at school... We were thinking of trying to get the 5th grade math teacher (who we really like, although we haven't interacted with him academically) to tutor/mentor him after school once or twice a week.

    BaseballDad #102580 05/17/11 04:02 PM
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    In your minds, what's the difference between a mentor and a tutor?

    BaseballDad #102582 05/17/11 04:33 PM
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    In regards to a Math Mentor, we are expolring the idea of using a mentor for DS8. I am not a mathmatician and belive that a mentor may add more depth as well as a new perspective for DS. Because of distance issues, we are looking at using the computer to communicate with an online mentor. Something like Courtney James from Math Perfect, or some other math mentor.


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    Originally Posted by herenow
    In your minds, what's the difference between a mentor and a tutor?

    I think of a tutor as someone who teaches the material and a mentor as someone who cultivates the child by teaching the material. I don't know if this is a standard way of making the distinction.

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