Math Monkey Of Suwanee

Distorted beliefs that your child holds can increase his or her anxiety level and worsen school performance. It is important to teach your child to monitor his or her beliefs and to dispute the distortions. Here are some examples of types of distorted beliefs:

1. Black and White Thinking: When viewing situations, people, or the world, your child doesn't see it in shades of gray.

For example, when studying for a test, your child believes that if he or she doesn't get an A that the test was a failure.

2. Over-generalization: When your child experiences one bad event, your child generalizes it and believes that other events will be bad as well.

For example, your child performs poorly on a test in another course (like English), so your child believes his or her math test will go poorly as well.

3. Negative mental filter: When your child experiences an event, he or she only remembers the negative things that happened.

For example, when your child looks at his or her graded math homework, all he or she sees are the mistakes made. Your child doesn't remember what was done right.

4. Emotional reasoning conquering logical reasoning: When your child reasons based upon their emotions alone rather than using logic or evidence.

For example, your child might feel like their teacher doesn’t like him or her when negative feedback is received on an assignment. But really, your child's teacher is just giving feedback on how to improve the assignments in the future.

5. Shoulds and musts: When your child makes demands on himself or herself and others using absolutes.

For example, if in college, your child might feel like he or she should take 15 credit hours a semester on top of working a full-time job, because it will help your child to graduate faster. But instead, working 40 hours a week, spending 45 hours a week in class and studying for classes taxes your child's energy, giving your child no time to relax. Your child should know his or her limitations.

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