A certain amount of failure is proof we're being challenged.

Focus on what they can do, not who they can be.

Students who think intelligence is innate struggled more.

On a recent cloudy afternoon, my Kolkata home erupted in loud cheers. “Goal!” my father cried, and then we all clapped, singing “Ocho is the best!” My 2.5-year-old had yet again kicked the ball with extreme skill and confidence. The 

Praise is powerful. Not only does it make a child feel secure and confident, it can also foster growth mindset. Growth mindset is an accepted theory of motivation and success. To quote ourselves (from our article on growth mindset, which 

Over the past decade, the theory of growth mindset in children has taken the world by storm. This seeming golden ticket to success has changed the way we think, talk about and do everything from early childhood education to geopolitics to