Don't Praise Your Child For Being Smart. He'll Cheat
I suppose it's not a surprise, we push our kids so much. But did you know that kids praised for being smart, well, cheat more? According to newswise.com, " An international team of researchers reports that when children are praised for being smart not only are they quicker to give up in the face of obstacles they are also more likely to be dishonest and cheat. Kids as young as age 3 appear to behave differently when told 'You are so smart' vs 'You did very well this time.'” I wrote not long ago that I was shocked to learn that kids in my son's honor classes cheat all the time, especially when the teacher is not very alert (they look things up on their smart phones). "Everybody cheats. It's because of the competition for good grades," my son said. Isn't it wrong to push our kids so much? The study, co-authored by Gail Heyman of the University of California San Diego, Kang Lee of the University of Toronto, and Lulu Chen and Li Z...