How to Praise Your Kids

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“Research on kids’ confidence and intelligence has discovered that smart kids who were aware of their intelligence do not always translate their academic abilities into emotional strength. Kids who scored extremely high on their IQ tests and were praised for their smartness were less likely to try new tasks that seemed hard for them.” Continue reading

What To Do About Negative People?

“When you’re in the universe, you’re going to encounter a number of people and situations. However, it’s how you react to these situations that will determine the course of your life and the length of the path to your dreams.” Continue reading

Baby-by-Number: Parents’ New Obsession With Data

“You’re giving your child a leg up if you spend more time with them, read to them more, sing to them more, play with them more,” he said, “not if you park them in front of a DVD or an iPhone app.” Continue reading

Video: How to Instill Optimism in Your Kids

Hi this is Patrick with Kidscandoanything.com and I want to welcome you to the third in our ongoing series of short video articles that we’ve put together to give you some short tips and tools as to how to instill emotional intelligence into your children.

Well, today’s article is all about the life-long benefits that your children receive from instilling in them the trait of optimism and into yourself, especially now during the economic climate that our country is in.   There is a lot of things in the media, a lot of reasons to look at things pessimistically in terms of our economic future or your family’s economic future, well your children pick up on that very, very quickly and they start to develop beliefs. Continue reading