Δεν ψηλώνεις όταν το παιδί σου κερδίζει! (Ούτε κονταίνεις όταν το παιδί σου χάνει!)
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Δεν ψηλώνεις όταν το παιδί σου κερδίζει! (Ούτε κονταίνεις όταν το παιδί σου χάνει!)
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
Raising children has come to look more and more like a business endeavor and less and less like an endeavor of the heart. We are overly concerned with “the bottom line,” with how our children “do” rather than with who our children “are.” We pour time, attention, and money into insuring their performance, consistently making it to their soccer game ... See more
Madeline Levine • The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids
J’ai longtemps pensé que devenir père signifierait devoir renoncer à mes rêves. J’avais fini par m’en persuader. Mais j’avais tort. En vérité, je craignais de ne pas être à la hauteur. Être parent est le plus grand des défis.
Ulysse Lubin • 1000 Jours en quête de sens: Une odyssée moderne (French Edition)
“Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.”
Lori Gottlieb • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Denn wenn unsere Kinder ein allzu perfektes Bild von uns Eltern vorgelebt bekommen, so argumentiert die Elternberaterin, desto mehr können sie dazu neigen, sich selbst unter Druck zu setzen. Jetzt und später in ihrem Leben. "Je mehr Eltern sich dagegen verletzlich zeigen", sagt sie, "je häufiger sie sagen: ‚Ich kann nicht mehr‘ oder
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