 She couldn't help our kids with math. My father-in-law is an engine nerd from Georgia Tech. This man makes Georgia Tech proud. And he was beside himself trying to help my kid with math. And it finally dawned on me the chief problem with Common Core is that it takes parents out of the education of their children. It forces parents out. They call it grandma math. Like traditional math is called grandma math to try to make it a pejorative to the kids.