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If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have

If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.

Carol S. Dweck
Children, Mistake, Giving

The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.

Carol S. Dweck
Children, Mistake, Parent
Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.176, Random House

Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.

Carol S. Dweck
Children, Motivation, Praise
Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.175, Random House

Research shows that normal young children misbehave every three minutes.

Carol S. Dweck
Children, Three, Research
Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.185, Random House

So what should we say when children complete a task—say, math problems—quickly and perfectly? Should we deny them the praise they have earned? Yes. When this happens, I say, “Whoops. I guess that was too easy. I apologize for wasting your time. Let’s do something you can really learn from!

Carol S. Dweck
Children, Math, Growth
Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.179, Random House

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