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Reply to "The trouble with telling children that they're "smart""
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[quote=Anonymous]I remember reading this article about how being labeled "smart" can be counterproductive: http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/ DD has been hearing people—including her nanny, babysitters, teachers, some of our friends, and some of the strangers who engage in conversations with her when we're out and about—tell her, or else tell us within earshot of her, that she's "smart." When she was five or six, she said something observant and then added, "I knew that because I'm smart." I downplayed it and told her that she knew that fact because she'd been observant and remembered it. I've also repeatedly stressed that some people know a lot about some things, and others know a lot about other things. Aside from what that article says about the negative effects of praise on achievement, I don't want DD to become conceited and arrogant. Maybe I'm worrying about it too much, but any other advice for how to balance out the "smart" comments, so they don't go to her head? [/quote]
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