At the start of a new school year, there’s one thing you can equip your child with that is proven to increase their motivation, resilience and academic performance – a growth mindset. What is a growth ...

Children’s “growth mindset,” characters and attitudes to learning have little impact on how well they do at school, according to a new study. Instead, researchers point to external factors such as ...

The beginning of a new calendar year can be an exciting time, when we often reflect and set attainable goals for the coming year. Talking with your child about their goals and aspirations can help ...

In March, I wrote a blog post describing how the theory of growth mindset has become a pretext for the mistreatment of children across the K-12 educational system. This piece generated a lot of ...

Childhood is filled with milestones, but often it’s the small, everyday achievements that shape character the most. Whether it’s finishing a book, learning to ride a bike, or solving a tricky puzzle, ...

The attachments we learned from our mother and father, or our first primary caregivers, from birth through our mid-grade school age, is our attachment period; it is what molds us into who we become in ...

In the body, unchecked growth is what we call cancer. Pursuing unchecked growth of the mind can be similarly destructive to emotional well-being. For much of my nearly 17 years practicing therapy, ...