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All parents want their children to be successful in school, sports, and extracurricular activities. But it's not just about giving your kids praise or setting them on the right direction. Research shows that success is often dependent on mindset. Hard work, perseverance, and effort are all hallmarks of a growth mindset. That's where Mindsets for Parents: Strategies to Encourage Growth Mindsets in Kids comes in. Designed to provide parents with a roadmap for developing a growth mindset home environment, this book's conversational style and real-world examples make the popular mindsets topic approachable and engaging. It includes tools for informally assessing the mindsets of both parent and child, easy-to-understand brain research, and suggested strategies and resources for use with children of any age. This book gives parents and guardians powerful knowledge and methods to help themselves and their children learn to embrace life's challenges with a growth mindset and an eye toward increasing their effort and success!

ISBN-13: 9781618215246

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Publication Date: 03-09-2022

Pages: 184

Product Dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

Mary Cay Ricci is an education consultant and speaker. She was previously the Coordinator of Gifted and Talented Education for Baltimore County Public Schools. She holds certification in gifted and talented education and administration and supervision from Johns Hopkins University, where she is currently a faculty associate in the Graduate School of Education.Margaret ("Meg") Lee, coauthor of Mindsets for Parents with Mary Cay Ricci, is the Supervisor of Advanced Academics for Frederick County Public Schools in Maryland. In this role, she has overseen an expansion of programming for students and professional learning for staff and has been privileged to work with elementary, middle, and high schools.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

Chapter 1 What Are Mindsets and How Do They Affect Our Children? 1

Chapter 2 What Is the Role of Parents in Developing a Growth Mindset? 13

Chapter 3 How Do Our Praise and Feedback Impact Our Children's Mindsets? 33

Chapter 4 Why Is it Important for Children to Understand How the Brain Works? 51

Chapter 5 How Can We Develop Perseverance and Resiliency in Our Children? 69

Chapter 6 What About Mindsets at School? 81

Chapter 7 How Can I Develop a Growth Mindset for My Child in Sports and the Arts? 101

Chapter 8 What Are Some Growth Mindset Experiences That I Can Try at Home? 121

Final Thoughts 139

Appendix A Answer Keys 141

Appendix B Growth Mindset Poster 147

Appendix C Discussion Questions for Book Club 149

Appendix D Mindsets for Parents Workbook 153

References 161

About the Authors 167