Robert Martin » parents http://robertmartinauthor.com Author Wed, 11 Nov 2015 19:26:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.21 Grandparent Tip: Do Not Overdo Praise http://robertmartinauthor.com/dont-overdo-praise/ http://robertmartinauthor.com/dont-overdo-praise/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2015 19:38:25 +0000 http://robertmartinauthor.com/?p=770 Grandparents tend to shower their grandkids with praise, even for the tiniest of achievements. Parents do it as well.

They do it for the right reason—to make them feel good about themselves; to help them build self-confidence in order to achieve more; and to better prepare them for adulthood.

Unfortunately, it can have the opposite effect.

Numerous studies show that it is better [...]

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