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We found 6 Reddit comments about How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

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6 Reddit comments about How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character:

u/BlueLightSpcl · 2 pointsr/education

Her work is featured in the book How Children Succeed. I highly recommend it.

u/ponie · 2 pointsr/52book

Reading How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character. I am finding the arguments convincing and the writing enjoyable so far.

u/Wolander · 2 pointsr/todayilearned

I agree with you 100%, because soft skills or "non-cognitive skills" are often more indicative of future success rather than intelligence. See Walter Mischel's research. He is most famous for the Marsmellow Test:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Marshmallow-Test-Mastering-Self-Control/dp/1469249081

Also, I highly recommend:http://www.amazon.com/How-Children-Succeed-Curiosity-Character/dp/0544104404

I am glad your wife could help you despite your upbringing.

u/Chocobean · 2 pointsr/Parenting

>I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences on prepping elementary kids for intelligence tests

Do you have friends that speak Chinese? Get them to bring you every kind of "exercise booklets" in English. They are usually very very widely available and very cheap.

I wouldn't bother with the expensive stuff. Get past exams, sample questions for whatever school he/she is testing for. Befriend parents with kids already there. Study, drill, do it until it's second nature and there is no nervousness with the problems. Keep bugging the school staff for the kinds of tests they use, obtain tests, and drill.

Intelligence is a skill that's learned; repetition, drilling, perfect practice and prep will get your kid in any school.

source: raised though the gifted programs and cut-throat Asian education system. You didn't ask for my thoughts, but I'll give it to you anyway: don't.

u/groundhogcakeday · 1 pointr/Parenting

12-13 is a major time of transition. It is too early to know who and what he will be when he comes out on the other side of it, but it is certainly not too early to worry about it. And there is still room for parental guidance. Teens are complicated, so it's a good time to refresh your parenting library.

The first book that your post brought to my mind was this one by Paul Tough: "How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character" http://www.amazon.com/How-Children-Succeed-Curiosity-Character/dp/0544104404 I'll haven't finished it, however; it didn't seem relevant to my kids. But it's popular and may be worth checking out. I also like Madeline Levine's books, which are along similar lines but fit my family a bit better.

The book that influenced my parenting the most is Alfie Kohn's "Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes" But I read this when my kids were very young, and I suspect it is why we didn't need Paul Tough's book at 12.