For many parents, it has been quite a long road to get a proper diagnosis for their child. Some worry that next month that road may just get longer. On May 5th, 2013 when the new version of the…
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New research conducted by Carol Dwek of Columbia University found that praising kids for being “smart” does not prevent them from underperforming; in fact it may actually cause it. Dweck spent…
How much praise is too much? Can overpraising kids actually harm them? Is it possible for kids to have too much self-esteem? These are just some of the questions being raised by new research…
I keep on waiting for it to get easier…this business of parenthood. I was slammed to the wall seven years ago when my eldest, Katherine, was born. My visions of setting out perennials while…