The misunderstanding about giving up
Your child does not give up because they don’t know how to do the question. They give up because they’ve never been taught a problem-solving strategy on how to figure out a tough question.
Let me back up for a moment.
If your child doesn’t like math, or doesn’t feel they’re good at it, their objective becomes a version of, “Let me get this math and homework done and over with as quickly as possible.”
How do they achieve that? By skipping steps and it’s a superb strategy because they can think faster than they can write.