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Confidence & cie.
Parents think they can hand children permanent confidence—like a gift—by praising their brains and talent. It doesn’t work, and in fact has the opposite effect. It makes children doubt themselves as soon as anything is hard or anything goes wrong. If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children t... See more
Carol Dweck • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Confidence is a skill, not a gift from the gods. And it is a skill founded on a set of ideas about the world and our natural place within it.
The School of Life • On Confidence (Essay Books)
TRUST: We are in a crisis of trust the world over. Parents are afraid, and that makes our children afraid — to be who they are, to take risks, to stand up against injustice. Trust has to start with us. When we’re confident in the choices we make as parents, we can then trust our children to take important and necessary steps toward empowerment and
... See moreEsther Wojcicki • How to Raise Happy and Successful Children: Simple Lessons for Radical Results
“What matters most in how kids turn out is who we are as parents”
Farnam Street • Dr. Laura Markham: Peaceful Parenting [The Knowledge Project Ep. #52]
Competence and a feeling of well-being or self-esteem are important for both children and parents. We build our self-esteem by recognizing the positive and the negative messages and experiences life has offered us, and by making healthy decisions about those offerings. Nurture and structure help us do this. A balance of loving nurture and consisten
... See moreConnie Dawson • Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children
What people need most is confidence, not advice
(reminds me ot Tyler Cowen’s high value of raising people’s aspirations)