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7 Tips to Give Effective Feedback to Your Child
How many times has our (well-intentioned) feedback and advice been met with a blank stare? Or worse, a negative and defensive reaction? Check out these 7 helpful tips for delivering constructive f...
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5 Effective Ways to Help Your Perfectionist Child
Is your child self-critical and easily frustrated? Does he feel uncomfortable with new challenges or particularly difficult tasks? If so, your child may be a perfectionist.Here are 5 effective tip...
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Five Strategies for Trying New Things
If your child struggles when trying something new, they are not alone! Trying new things can be challenging for different reasons. Here are five approaches you can use to support children when they...
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7 Ways To Help Your Child With Perfectionism
Children who are critical of themselves and fearful of making mistakes are often perfectionists. The good news is, children can learn to overcome perfectionistic traits with some support and practi...
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30 Ways to Respond To Your Perfectionist Child
Do you have a child who is a perfectionist? Perhaps they freeze up or get frustrated over the smallest tasks or they want to make sure everything is, well, perfect. Here is a list of 30 ways to res...
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7 Ways To Address Your Child's Negative Self-Talk
Knowing how to respond to your child when he says negative things about himself is important. You can help him shift the focus from negativity to his abilities and potential. Modeling growth minds...
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5 Ways to Foster a Healthy Competitive Mindset in Young Athletes
Sports provide children with many opportunities for growth and mastery. But all too often, competitive events are approached with a FIXED mindset. When children want to quit after a loss, make excu...
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Growth Mindset: 3 Reasons You Struggle to Teach It
We already know about the magnificent power of teaching children a growth mindset. However, what if you are struggling to teach this to your kids or students? You are certainly not alone. It appear...
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7 Effective Ways to Help Children Overcome Social Anxiety
Social anxiety is one of the most common problems that prevents children from having a growth mindset. It is one of the main reasons kids are afraid to fail or to make mistakes. They may be afraid...
