Eight-year-old Ryan Crosby sat at the dining table, his brow furrowed as he stared at his math textbook. Numbers danced around the page, mocking him.
“How am I supposed to solve this one?”
he muttered, feeling more overwhelmed by the minute.
Homework wasn’t usually this hard, but tonight felt different. The house was too quiet, and the problems in his workbook too confusing. The internet wasn’t helping either—no video tutorial or search result could explain the steps the way he needed. And then he remembered something his mother always told him.