Skip to main content

Growth Mindset: The Right Way to Praise Children

I read: A New Study Explains the Right Way (and the Wrong Way) to Praise Your Kid

I chose this article because I have young siblings, and am so very proud of them for pretty much just existing. I want to make sure that when I praise them, it's constructive and doesn't lead to any unhealthy mindsets, but actually contributes to their health and growth as the wonderful little humans they are.

This is a picture I took of the two BEST and CUTEST humans on this Earth. Otherwise known as my little siblings :) 
While the article did not go into as much detail as I would have hoped as far as practical ways to praise children constructively, I have to assume that it's because each child and each situation is unique. The gist of it was that praise should be reflective of reality, not exaggerated or withheld for motivation. Children can sense when praise is being intentionally overdone or withheld, and both have a negative effect on their academic performance, as well as their opinions of themselves. I think the article is a good thought-provoking tipping point for anyone who maybe errs on the side of over-praising especially, as I think that would come as a bit of a surprise that over-praise can be just as harmful as withholding it.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Introduction to a Nonprofit Enthusiast

I am studying Nonprofit Administration, and graduating in May. I come from St. Louis, MO, where I've spent just over half of my life. I have two siblings, a 9 year-old brother and a 2 year-old sister, both the best little humans to grace this earth. I've enjoyed my time at OU, during which I spent a semester at Kyungpook National University in Daegu, South Korea. During my time there, I was able to hike many of the mountains surrounding Daegu, visit some gorgeous temples and sites of historical significance, and also hop over to Japan for a little less than a week. I've also been to Frankfurt, Heidelberg, and surrounding towns in Germany. I love both places.     My most recent international travel took me to Monterrey, Mexico, with my fiancé and his mother. He was born there, and still has a large part of his family living there. It was lovely to meet them, and they were kind enough to take me all over the city, visiting museums and parks, and eating lots of amazing foo...
27 comments
Read more

Reading Notes: Nine Ideal Women Part E

This will be the last of my reading notes on Nine Ideal Indian Women, so I'll be going over the last stories about Damayanti and Uttara, but mostly just talking about the book as a whole and wrapping up my thoughts about it. Damayanti was the miracle daughter of a maharajah who had not had children for most of his life. A phrase that I really loved in the beginning of the story that described his happiness all blighted by this one sorrow of being childless:      "A crumpled leaf lay in his bed of roses, and whichever way he turned he felt it, for no child had come to bless his manhood and his whole being yearned for the joy of hearing the name of father fall from baby lips" (page 175). I loved that quote because it was the most poetic and graceful way of showing the sorrow of being childless I had seen out of all of the multiple instances in the stories I've read throughout the semester.  This story was also more poetic than most of the others throughout. It remin...
Post a Comment
Read more