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Tue, Mar 3📚 Education
Every desi kid on my street goes to Kumon or some math tutoring center. My 7-year-old is doing fine in school (straight A's) but other parents are making me feel like I'm falling behind. Is supplementary tutoring actually necessary or are we all just competing with each other for...
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Former Kumon kid here (8 years), now a parent of two. My honest take: **Kumon is good for:** building math fluency, teaching discipline and consistency, helping kids who are struggling or behind grade level **Kumon is NOT good for:** teaching problem-solving/critical thinking, kids who are already advanced (it becomes busywork), building love for learning **My approach with my kids:** no Kumon. Instead: - Khan Academy (free, adaptive, actually teaches concepts) - STEM camps in summer (robotics, coding) - Math olympiad problems for fun (Art of Problem Solving books) - Reading — lots of reading If your kid has straight A's, they don't need Kumon. The 'tiger parent' pressure is real but resist it. The kids who thrive long-term are the ones who love learning, not the ones who drilled worksheets.
Hot take: the reason desi kids do so many extracurriculars isn't for the kids — it's because parents are competing with each other at dinner parties. 'My son goes to Kumon AND Russian Math AND piano' is a status symbol. Let your kid be a kid.
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