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I've taken great care (and gotten my wife on board too) to change the way we praise our older girl. When she does something new, we no longer say "Wow, you're
by pchristensen 19y ago
I've taken great care (and gotten my wife on board too) to change the way we praise our older girl. When she does something new, we no longer say "Wow, you're so smart!" - we say "Wow, that was great how you worked hard and kept trying until you succeeded!".
- Mistone 19y agonice - a small but important distinctions, I'm going to use something similar.
- rudyfink 19y agoIn case others need some help persuading, here is the link to that recent Scientific American article to that effect ( http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-secret-to-raising-smart-kids&print=true http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-secret-to-raising-sm... )