Sunday, June 17, 2012

Build pedestals

There was a report I read about psychologists in studying human motivation: "Positive reinformcement is infinitely more effective than negative reinforcement"

To be constantly critical of a young person is obviously a dangerous thing. It tends to undermine his confidence. I build pedestals so my son will climb up on them; if we keep our hands on the edge of the rug, always ready to pull it from under our children, there can only be trouble ahead.

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