Alfie Kohn has some good commentary on the topic of 'grit' as an educational philosophy: http://www.alfiekohn.org/article/downside-grit/ http://www.alfiekohn.or

Alfie Kohn has some good commentary on the topic of 'grit' as an educational philosophy: http://www.alfiekohn.org/article/downside-grit/ http://www.alfiekohn.org/article/downside-grit/ It's not just overrated, it can be actively harmful. He goes further on this and other topics in the book "The Myth of the Spoiled Child"