Praising Your Child's Intelligence

Praising Your Child's Intelligence

More children who get praised for their effort from their parents are more likely to solve difficult math problems than a child who gets praise for their intelligence. According to Medina, more than thirty years of study show that children raised in growth mindset home consistently outscore their fixed mindset peers in academic achievement (par. 7). Parents are the ones who are to blame for praising their child for their effort. When their child goes to school and gets bad grades, they think they are automatically smart because of their parents telling them they are smart. John Medina studies affect each child differently. Every child is not the same, so it depends on the child and the parent.

There are other ways to reward a child for their big or small accomplishments. A parent shouldn't say that their child is smart; on the other hand, they should say, "You must have really worked hard". Also saying to the child that they must have really studied would benefit them to study more to get good grades. "Rather than praising him for being smart, they should have praised him for working hard" (Medina par. 6). By focusing on the effort and not the outcome than you can give it as much as your child did something good, so then they know they have to think instead of them knowing that they are just smart. There are many of ways of praising a child, but some ways can lead to children having hard time in classes.