Carol S. Dweck Quotes About Children

Quotes about: Children

• The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.

  Carol S. Dweck

  Children, Mistake, Parent

  Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.176, Random House

• If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.

  Carol S. Dweck

  Children, Mistake, Giving

• So what should we say when children complete a task—say, math problems—quickly and perfectly? Should we deny them the praise they have earned? Yes. When this happens, I say, “Whoops. I guess that was too easy. I apologize for wasting your time. Let’s do something you can really learn from!

  Carol S. Dweck

  Children, Math, Growth

  Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.179, Random House

• Research shows that normal young children misbehave every three minutes.

  Carol S. Dweck

  Children, Three, Research

  Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.185, Random House

• Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.

  Carol S. Dweck

  Children, Motivation, Praise

  Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.175, Random House

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