Daughter smarter than me

On some apps for kids, they have a various ways to prove adult verification in order to restrict access to some parts of apps. Sometimes it is a password, and sometimes it is a test.

My kindergarten and I have been working on her math. The fun way we have decided to practice was to yell out “MATH FREEZE” and then both freeze in place, waiting for the math question. I would give the question and she would answer, but she loved it so much that she started to test me as well. On the playground she would yell, “MATH FREEZE! What is 47 minus 22?” And I would pretend to think and yell back, “25!” This happened everywhere and multiple times a day. It was only recently that I realized her Math Freezes seems to happen more often right when she would sit on the couch with her iPad. On her apps, they would have a basic math test for verification. Something challenging for a kid but simple for an adult. For the past few months, I have been unknowingly giving her access to games and videos for tweens and teens because she would have me freeze and ask me the math question that popped up. I even remember asking myself the question how she knew about multiplication, division, and fractions. I just assumed that school was teaching a lot more than what I remembered at her age.

I don’t even think I can be upset because her workaround was so smart, but maybe I am just an oblivious fool.