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“What keeps you up at night?” And I said, “It’s the fear that the mindset concept will be used to make kids feel good when they’re not learning—just like the failed self-esteem movement.” The growth mindset is meant to help kids learn, not to paper over the fact that they are not learning.
can find themselves praising their child’s ability—and neglecting to focus on their child’s learning process. It can be hard to shake the idea that telling kids they’re smart will build their confidence. Second, it’s the way adults respond to children’s mistakes or failures. When a child has a setback and the parent reacts with anxiety or with concern about the child’s ability, this fosters more of a fixed mindset in the child. The parent may try to gloss over the child’s failure but the very act of doing so may convey that the failure is an issue. So, although parents may hold a growth
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It’s the parents who respond to their children’s setbacks with interest and treat them as opportunities for learning who are transmitting a growth mindset to their children. These parents think setbacks are good things that should be embraced, and that setbacks should be used as a platform for learning. They address the setback head-on and talk to their children about the next steps for learning.
Growth mindset parents thinking
increasingly unable to grasp the difference between memorizing facts, rules, and procedures and truly understanding the concepts underlying the material.
by having a belief sitting in their heads but by embodying a growth mindset in their deeds: the way they praise (conveying the processes that lead to learning), the way they treat setbacks (as opportunities for learning), and the way they focus on deepening understanding (as the goal of learning).
overwhelmed. Why didn’t I just say to the teacher, “Mrs. Kahn, I haven’t learned this yet. Could you show me how?”
When you learn new things, these tiny connections in the brain actually multiply and get stronger. The more that you challenge your mind to learn, the more your brain cells grow. Then, things that you once found very hard or even impossible—like speaking a foreign language or doing algebra—seem to become easy. The result is a stronger, smarter brain.
How brain becomes stronger
and we need to acknowledge that. It’s not a shameful admission. It’s more like, welcome to the human race. But even
Step 1 towards growth mindset
As you come to understand your triggers and get to know your persona, don’t judge it. Just observe it.
Step 2
