Fostering grit in children is a journey that every teacher and parent should embrace. However, without a clear understanding of what grit truly entails, finding effective methods can be challenging. Carol Dweck’s research on the Growth Mindset offers valuable insights to guide us in this process. Here’s how:
(1) Harnessing the Power of Yet
The education system has conditioned many of our children to work hard for a ‘trophy’—the grades they receive at the end of each academic year. When they don’t achieve the desired grade, it often leads to frustration and discouragement, hindering their motivation to keep going. Carol Dweck suggests that embracing the power of ‘Yet’ helps students persevere through temporary setbacks, focusing on their overall growth in education and their future careers.
(2) Developing the Growth Mindset
Having the growth mindset as opposed to a fixed mindset helps a student focus on increased learning. This is essential in helping kids understand and appreciate the need to include failure as part of their mindset. This growth mindset that acknowledges failure as a temporary situation helps the kids to soldier on to the end with their goals despite any challenges that may be faced along the way.
(3) Developing Stamina
The growth mindset and grit cannot be sustained without stamina. Parents and teachers need to make it possible for kids to develop stamina by sharing with them ways on how to do this. Helping the kid re-energize goes a long way as well.
Developing grit in kids helps them understand the value of delayed gratification. This can be achieved by following the above-suggested methods.
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