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up without the perseverance needed to succeed later on.
failure
is so central to
learning
that girl scouts of america leads its psa with a message about being ?prepared to fall down, get back up and go for it.? marianne addy, chief marketing & communications officer of girl scouts louisiana east, shares, ?it seems in today?s world, that the fear of failing can stop a person from even trying. we?re so competitive that anything less than an a is unacceptable. that?s one of the areas where i think girl scouts has it right?we give girls a supportive space to take chances, try new things, and learn to succeed through
failure
.? though i didn?t know it at the time, the library book
experience
provided a near-ideal platform for early
learning
about
failure
. the stakes were relatively low; a couple of late fines for early readers wouldn?t keep my daughter out of college. plus, she had weekly opportunities to repeat the
experience
, along with the lesson, because if she failed to remember her books one week, she could try again the next. like many of life?s lessons,
failure
?s
learning
value is enhanced by repetition, so allowing children to
experience
small
failure
s, like forgetting a lunchbox or flubbing an assignment due date, sends the message that
failure
s aren?t catastrophic, notes kent hoffman, psychotherapist and co-author of raising a secure child . kids can always try again. and for aspiring parents-turned-knights-in- shining-armor like myself, the message is even more simple. as lahey of the gift of
failure
puts it: ?every rescue is a lesson lost.? how
failure
boosts motivation when parents struggle to embrace
failure
as a natural part of
learning
, kids notice. per stanford researchers kyla haimovitz and carol s. dweck, it?s parents? beliefs about
failure
that shape kids? motivation to learn. their 2016 study found that children could accurately determine whether their parents viewed
failure
as a setback or an opportunity, and these 8 0 b r p a r e n t s . c o m | o c t o b e r 2 0 1 8
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