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^ĐĂŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďƌĂŝŶƐ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞ ŚĞĂǀLJ ĂĐƟǀ- ƌŽŽŵ͘ zŽƵ ŐĞƚ Ă ƐƟĐŬĞƌ ŽŶ LJŽƵƌ ĐŚĂƌƚ͘͟ /Ŷ-
ŝƚLJ͘ /Ŷ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ͕ ƐĐĂŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĮdžĞĚ ƐƚĞĂĚ͕ ƌĞǁĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ ĞīŽƌƚ͕ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐLJ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽ-
ŵŝŶĚƐĞƚƐ ƐĞĞ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŶŽ ĂĐƟǀŝƚLJ Ăƚ Ăůů͘ /Ŷ cess. Give rewards for thinking about how
other words, with a growth mindset, you to tackle problems and for the work that
ƚĂĐŬůĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͘ tŝƚŚ Ă ĮdžĞĚ ŵŝŶĚƐĞƚ͕ ŝƐ ĚŽŶĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůLJ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ŵŽƌĞ
you run from the problem. ĞŶŐĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ůŽŶŐ ƉĞƌŝŽĚƐ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ
ŐĞŶĞƌĂůůLJ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĞƌƐŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ
tasks.
Are we raising our children for now or ͻ dĞĂĐŚ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ĐĂŶ
yet? change. Show them how the brain works
ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ŶĞǁ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŵĂĚĞ ĞǀĞƌLJ-
We all want our children to dream big day (if you need some help understanding
dream. We want them to believe in the ŶĞƵƌŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐ͕ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƐŚLJ
power of yet. We want them to see prob- ĂǁĂLJ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͊Ϳ͘ dĞĂĐŚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚĂƚ
lems as challenges, not as crises. Research they have the ability to gain skills and in-
has shown that our mindsets are not set in telligence.
stone. In other words, you can move from ͻ hƐĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ͞LJĞƚ͟ ĂŶĚ ͞ŶŽƚ LJĞƚ͘͟
ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ĮdžĞĚ ŵŝŶĚƐĞƚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ŐƌŽǁƚŚ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƐĂLJŝŶŐ ͞LJŽƵ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ĚŽ ŝƚ͕͟ ƐĂLJ
mindset. But, how can we do this? ͞LJŽƵ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ĚŽ ŝƚ LJĞƚ͘͟ dŚŝƐ ĂůůŽǁƐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ
ͻ WƌĂŝƐĞ ǁŝƐĞůLJ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƉƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ to understand that they can accomplish
intelligence or talent, praise the process ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ͖ ƚŚĞLJ ũƵƐƚ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ
ƚŚĂƚ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĞŶŐĂŐĞ ŝŶ͘ WƌĂŝƐĞ ĨŽƌ ĞīŽƌƚ͘ there yet.
WƌĂŝƐĞ ĨŽƌ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ŚĞůƉ ĐŚŝů-
dren gain resilience and strength. If they Educators and parents who create growth
understand that the process is important ŵŝŶĚƐĞƚƐ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ͘ dŚĞ ŵĞĂŶ-
and not just the product, they will be more ŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĞīŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚLJ ĂƌĞ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĞĚ͘
ůŝŬĞůLJ ƚŽ ĞŶŐĂŐĞ ŝŶ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ZĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚLJ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ƌƵŶ͕
future. ŝƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚŝŶŬ͘ /Ĩ ǁĞ Ăůů ǁŽƌŬ ŽŶ ĐƵůƟ-
ͻ ZĞǁĂƌĚ ƚŚĞ ͞LJĞƚ͘͟ Ɛ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ǀĂƟŶŐ Ă ŐƌŽǁƚŚ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ͕ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ŐƌŽǁ ĂŶĚ
ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ͕ ǁĞ ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ƌĞǁĂƌĚ ƚŚĞ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŚƌŝǀĞ͘ EŽǁ͕ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ Ă ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ /͛ŵ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ
ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ͘ ͞zŽƵ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ LJŽƵƌ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͘ zŽƵ to accept!
ŐŽƚ ĂŶ ͘͟ ͞zŽƵ ĐůĞĂŶĞĚ ƵƉ LJŽƵƌ ǁŚŽůĞ

Ŷ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƚŽƌ ĂŶĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŶƐƵůƚĂŶƚ͕ DƌƐ͘ ZŝŅĂ ^ĐŚŽŶĨĞůĚ
ŚĂƐ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ :ĞǁŝƐŚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƌƚLJ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ĨŽƵŶĚĞĚ
ĂŶĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĚĞůLJ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ ^K^͕ ƐĞƌǀŝĐŝŶŐ Ăůů
ŐƌĂĚĞ ůĞǀĞůƐ ŝŶ ƐĞĐƵůĂƌ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ,ĞďƌĞǁ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ͘ ŬƌŝĂŚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƐƉĞ-
ĐŝĂůŝƐƚ͕ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ĚLJŶĂŵŝĐ ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ůĂďƐ ŝŶ
ŵĂŶLJ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ƐŚĞ ŽīĞƌƐ ĞǀĂůƵĂƟŽŶƐ '͘ ͘ ͘ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶ͕͕ ƐŽ-
ĐŝĂů ƐŬŝůůƐ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŝĚĚƵĐŚ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ĨŽĐƵƐŝŶŐ ŽŶ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƐĞůĨͲĞƐƚĞĞŵ
ĂŶĚ ƐĞůĨͲĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ Ăƚ ϳϭϴͲϯϴϮͲϱϰϯϳ Žƌ Ăƚ ƌŝŅĂƐĐŚŽŶ-
ĨĞůĚΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ǀŝĞǁ ƚŚĞ ǁĞď Ăƚ ƌŝŅĂƐĐŚŽŶĨĞůĚƐŽƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘

Y-41 The Bulletin 718.387.0123 • Ads@willbulletin.com August 11 '21