"How Not to Talk to Your Kid": Article on types of praise

[ADad]

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But a growing body of research?and a new study from the trenches of the New York public-school system?strongly suggests it might be the other way around. Giving kids the label of ?smart? does not prevent them from underperforming. It might actually be causing it.

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<p><a href=“http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/[/url]”>http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Hi ADad. This was a really interesting article, and prompted the discussion before in this link. Add away!</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=299961&highlight=praise[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=299961&highlight=praise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[ADad]

<p>The article just came to my attention via “family mail”, I am low on the list. :)</p>

<p>I am sorry to be repetitive, next time I’ll do a search before posting an old article. Thanks for the tip!</p>