This is a really good essay on what's wrong with how we teach mathematics to children: A Mathematicians Lament https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/Lockh

This is a really good essay on what's wrong with how we teach mathematics to children: A Mathematicians Lament https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.... It's rather long, at 25 pages, but it's a very good and entertaining read. It was written in 2002 but it still holds water today.