Mothers Who Fear Math Pass It On To Kids, Says Sunak-Murty Charity Study

Mothers Who Fear Math Pass It On To Kids, Says Sunak-Murty Charity Study

Mothers tend to pass on their own anxiety over mathematics to their daughters, creating a gender gap of confidence in the subject over time, new research has discovered.

Mothers pass on maths anxiety to kids, survey by Rishi Sunak’s UK charity finds

London, Jan 11 (PTI) Mothers tend to pass on their own anxiety over mathematics to their daughters, creating a gender gap of confidence in the subject over time, new research by an education charity set up by former prime minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty has discovered. The findings of the survey by the Richmond Project, reported in ‘The Sunday Times’ ahead of its official publication next week, reveal that girls become less confi…