Here’s a good article about how children who are praised too much sometimes grow up to be risk adverse.

Remember to say, “Oh, I see you worked so hard on that! Tell me about it.” instead of “Cool! You’re sooo smart!” when your children show you their artwork.

Hard to do this sometimes, I know.

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