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Scenario

When parent and teen clash while using the Feynman technique for homework

My teenage daughter and I are both trying to understand her calculus homework using the Feynman technique, but when she can't explain something simply she gets frustrated and shuts down, and when I try to explain it back she says I'm making it too complicated. We end up in this loop where neither of us can teach the other and the homework becomes a battleground about who understands what.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The authority dynamics between parent and child complicate the mutual vulnerability that effective explanation requires.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The Feynman technique?”

Peri

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