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A comment on Praise for Intelligence Can Undermine Children's Motivation (1998) [pdf].

Re:Praise for Intelligence Can Undermine Children's Motivati... by whoops1122 on Friday August 05, 2016 @03:41PM (#12235215)
in China, we tell our kids that he/she is crap and he/she better work hard now. or the crappy kid next door is going to crap on him/her.
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Re:Praise for Intelligence Can Undermine Children's Motivati... by duaneb on Friday August 05, 2016 @03:42PM (#12235223)
Seems like that would be psychologically damaging. It's certainly how helicoptor parents are seen in the US.
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