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"Praise kids for trying new things, like learning to ride a bike or tie their shoelaces, and for not being afraid to make mistakes," Donahue says. Don't praise the obvious.
You're a good parent and you want to help your kids grow up to be happy and successful. So, when you notice them doing something right, you jump in with praise and encouragement.
Although we worked with kids (ages 7-11) the Walshs say the results apply to all kids. And all parents. "When we praise kids too much, they start to become dependent on it," David Walsh said.
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We keep hearing how we praise our kids too much. Here's one mom's argument for it. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness. Democracy Dies in Darkness.
The researchers surveyed over 300 kids and their parents. They asked the kids to rate how often their parents over-praised or under-praised for their homework, test scores and grades.
Praising your kids—it seems like an obvious, not-fraught thing parents should do. And yet, according to a new study, delivering praise to children in ways that inspire rather than sabotage is ...
This Is How Much Praise Kids Really Need. 4 minute read. Getty Images. By Amanda MacMillan. May 11, 2017 1:45 PM EDT.
But according to a new study, praise may do more harm than good. For the study, researchers divided 128 fifth-graders into groups and gave them a simple IQ test. One group was told it did really ...
I’ve done it. You’ve probably done it. And we’re hurting kids when we do. According to the journal Psychological Science, heaping praise on a child with low self-esteem only does more damage.