by Michele Borba | Oct 26, 2009 | Character and Moral Intelligence, Self-Confidence, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Here’s a deep, dark and true secret: Teachers usually admit that there are some students they will never forget. Well, I swear the same is true about some parents. I vividly remember a mother of one of my students because of the way she conveyed respect to her child....
by Michele Borba | Aug 23, 2009 | Friendship and Social Competence, Self-Confidence, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Michele Borba REALITY CHECK: Though chances our your child was born with a shyer temperament, Jerome Kagan, Yale’s foremost child development expert, proves biology is not destiny. Those parents who encouraged their shyer children to expand their horizons and...
by Michele Borba | Aug 23, 2009 | Character and Moral Intelligence, Self-Confidence, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Michele Borba REALITY CHECK: Columbia University studies led by Carol Dweck found that praising effort helps create a positive mindset (or a “I can do it” belief) that also increases persistence and achievement while emphasizing inherent intelligence...
