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Minor Issues: The right kind of praise can build your children up

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We want to praise effective effort that leads to improvement, growth and new learning. It is about encouraging our kids to try new strategies, learn from their mistakes and build resilience.

Parents should aim to praise effective effort leading to improvement, and growth, and not rely merely on empty affirmations.

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Christine Lim

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SINGAPORE – There is something my husband and I do that often raises quizzical eyebrows.

We celebrate our children’s test scores before they get the results and not after. We do not promise them rewards for their achievements.

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