Newish parent of a 2.5 year old. We are deploying the repeated game, don’t bluff, praise the process, and answer the question strategies. I never really bought the growth mindset arguments, but I reason that praising the process will make it more transferable because we break down the steps.
To this we have added parent by example. This is not so much a rule as a natural law: children are constantly observing, and much of what they are observing is you, who they will mimic; the options are to be strategic about this or blindsided by it.
It is trivially the most powerful goad to good behavior I have encountered in my life.
Newish parent of a 2.5 year old. We are deploying the repeated game, don’t bluff, praise the process, and answer the question strategies. I never really bought the growth mindset arguments, but I reason that praising the process will make it more transferable because we break down the steps.
To this we have added parent by example. This is not so much a rule as a natural law: children are constantly observing, and much of what they are observing is you, who they will mimic; the options are to be strategic about this or blindsided by it.
It is trivially the most powerful goad to good behavior I have encountered in my life.