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Reply to "The trouble with telling children that they're "smart""
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[quote=Anonymous]I have explained very carefully and repeatedly to my smart kids two things: 1) Being smart is useless if you don't work hard. Lots of smart people go nowhere and get nothing done because they don't think they have to work hard. Between working hard and being smart, working hard is more important. 2) It's okay to be bad at things. If something isn't going your way, you just need to practice and work harder until you get it. You can make yourself smarter at anything if you work at it. You can grow your brain by working it just like you grow your muscles by working out. [/quote]
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