As indicated by my post last week on “Grit,” I think this is one of the most important and challenging elements of parenting. Important because if our kids don’t learn to persevere when things get really challenging, if they don’t learn resiliency in the face of set backs, and if they don’t learn that they’ve got more in them than they thought, it’s going to be really, really hard for them to flourish as adults. Why? Simply because life is full of setbacks, we all suffer low moments, and some of the most important situations we’ll be in – parenting, marriage, etc. – require us to give more than we’d imagined we had. But...
On Grit
posted by DJL
Somewhere along the way, most of us bought into the notion that ability is central to success. You know what I mean, “he’s a natural musician,” or “she was born an athlete.” More recently, that assumption has been challenged on numerous grounds. Far more important than ability, it...