Everyone makes mistakes and children are no exception. What's important is how we learn from them. Yet, children grow up in a society that pressures them to be perfect and intelligent - to achieve the ...

Many adults believe in punishment, whether it’s timeouts, spanking, or loss of privileges. “Kids need consequences for bad behavior,” parents often tell me. Young children do need us to pay attention ...

“Often mistaken, never in doubt.” That wry phrase describes us all more than we’d like to admit. The psychological study of misconceptions shows that all of us possess many beliefs that are flawed or ...

Most parents step in when their kids seem to be at risk of failure because they care. It’s instinctive to want to protect your kid from anything that might set them back, so parents often do several ...

Confidence isn’t built from constant success but from how we recover when things don’t go as planned. For children, experiencing small mistakes can be powerful training in resilience, self-trust, and ...

LET me continue my article from last week.... At the same time, my son Marcus continues to contribute meaningfully to the ...

This article was first published in the Mindset Works newsletter. We can deepen our own and our students' understanding of mistakes, which are not all created equal, and are not always desirable.

Confidence is really important for kids when they are growing up. It helps kids speak up, take on challenges, and get along with people. A lot of parents worry that pushing their kids hard might make ...

Contrary to common advice, using parentese, or infant-directed speech, significantly aids babies' language development and ...

Many parents have heard the warning: Don’t use baby talk with babies and toddlers. Instead, caregivers are often encouraged ...