Comments on: The Secret of How to Talk to Your Kids http://stormyscorner.com/2007/02/the-secret-of-how-to-talk-to-your-kids.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:13:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine http://stormyscorner.com/2007/02/the-secret-of-how-to-talk-to-your-kids.html/comment-page-1#comment-1415 Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:19:13 +0000 http://stormyscorner.com/2007/02/the-secret-of-how-to-talk-to-your-kids.html#comment-1415 <strong>Let Us Not Praise Famous Men</strong> In last week's New York cover story, novelist Po Bronson argued that praising accomplishment and so-called innate ability is actually bad for the recipient's self-esteem and that, instead, what should be lauded is effort. He was talking about ki... Let Us Not Praise Famous Men

In last week’s New York cover story, novelist Po Bronson argued that praising accomplishment and so-called innate ability is actually bad for the recipient’s self-esteem and that, instead, what should be lauded is effort. He was talking about ki…

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