“Growth mindset” is the belief that your basic skills and strengths are things you can cultivate. It has been linked to greater achievement and greater enthusiasm for new learning and challenges. It’s also led to parenting approaches that are quite different from the way many of us were raised, praising effort, attitude, and improvement rather than punishing failure and rewarding success. Our teachers compiled a children's book list to help parents encourage this in their children. Check them out!
Parents might be interested in titles for themselves, too, including Mindset: The New Psychology of Success and The Whole-Brain Child. We held a Growth Mindset Parent Ed session in August 2023 which you can watch here.
