Teaching perseverance
Updated May 7, 2021, 10:47 am IST
How to keep a child from giving in too quickly
Instead of praising the child only for successful outcomes of his or her actions, parents should also acknowledge the child’s efforts
Your child tries to put on a sock, but it slips off the big toe and is immediately flung across the room. Recalcitrant jars get short shrift too if the lid won’t budge straightaway, your child moves on to another activity.
It bothers many parents when their offspring give up easily. “They might unconsciously be undercutting the child’s regard for perseverance,” points out Nicola Schmidt, a German economics journalist and mother of two who has written several bestselling books on child-rearing.
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