"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...
