why I do what I do

Yesterday Madi and I were doing her math lesson when we started doing picture addition problems together. Immediately she froze and became panicky. She started to repeat over and over, 'Mom, I can't do these problems. I can't do them. Mrs. K. (omitting names) would never help me with them, I can't do them.' She was shaken and quite upset by these addition problems and continued to repeat that her kindergarten teacher would never help her with them. We stopped for a moment and I quietly assured her that I am her teacher now and that she didn't need to worry because I was going to help her. In just a few minutes she was back to her smiling, giggling self and was able to complete the problems without difficulty. This is why I'm doing what I'm doing.