How do I tutor a peer?

I’ve started a tutoring business for elementary students. A woman wants me to tutor her son which is the same age as me. I said yes because I really need the money and she’s my first offer. But I am usually good at tutoring younger kids, because I feel like a have more power and control. I feel like it would be awkward for me to be teach someone my age, you know giving him worksheets and telling him what to do. How do I do a good job of tutoring him? And how do I deal with my anxiety of tutoring peers?

Talk to him and teach him like and equal or a friend, don’t boss him around. Just sit down and explain the concepts one on one and have him work through some problems.

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