This Ted Talk video clip is just over 4 minutes. If you can instill Grit you will have provided the single most important trait to your child. Grit comes from? Adversity, Challenges. Perseverance. Never giving up. Having a long-term goal and sticking through it no matter what. Not spoiling children. Helping them learn from mistakes and take risk. Praising them for trying. Encouraging them to get back up when knocked down. The smartest people don't succeed all the time. Don't let your children become victims. Teach them to stand up and fight through adversity. Encourage your child/ren to get "Grit". Click the picture to launch the video...then do something about it. … [Read more...]
10 Things Parents Can Do To Make Their Kids Highly Successful
From a story at Lifehack - writer is MATT DUCZEMINSKI Wanting the best for your children is a universal goal for all good parents. The best home, the best upbringing, the best school, the best life… Great parents simply want their children to have the optimum chance of success. Regardless of outside influences, all parents can instill values in their children to ensure they grow up to be healthy, responsible, successful adults. 1. Teach respect Parents should instil a sense of respect in their children. Not just respect for all human beings and living things (although this is obviously important), but respect for everything in the world. Parents should show their children the value … [Read more...]
Is ‘Grit’ Doomed To Be The New Self-Esteem?
From NPREd ........... In just a few short weeks, students in California will be taking high-stakes tests. But the tests won't just cover math, reading and science. Students will also be responding to survey statements like "I usually finish what I start," or "I can do anything if I try." A group of big-city districts there is among the first to try to measure students' self-control, empathy and other social and emotional skills — and to hold schools accountable for the answers. The new federal education law requires states to include at least one non-academic outcome in their accountability formulas, so these kinds of tests are likely to become more common nationally. The Nation's … [Read more...]
Testing for Joy and Grit? Schools Nationwide Push to Measure Students’ Emotional Skills
The NY Times (strange as it may seem) ran interesting article ...... SAN FRANCISCO — The fifth graders in Jade Cooney’s classroom compete against a kitchen timer during lessons to see how long they can sustain good behavior — raising hands, disagreeing respectfully and looking one another in the eye — without losing time to insults or side conversations. As reward for minutes without misconduct, they win prizes like 20 seconds to kick their feet up on their desks or to play rock-paper-scissors. And starting this year, their school and schools in eight other California districts will test students on how well they have learned the kind of skills like self-control and conscientiousness that … [Read more...]