“Emphasizing effort gives a child a variable that they can control,” she explains. “They come to see themselves as in control of their success. Emphasizing natural intelligence takes it out of the child’s control, and it provides no good recipe for responding to a failure.”
Monday, November 14, 2011
Article: "How Not to Talk to Your Kids"
An insightful article on the impact of incessant praise on a child, "How Not to Talk to Your Kids," in the New York Magazine. I've also seen it entitled "The Praise Paradox" in other publications. The most pertinent passage from the article:
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