How to Stop Praising Inefficient Overwork

Sally Kohn: School is a confidence factory for our sons, but a competence factory for our daughters. How could parents and teachers stop praising inefficient overwork even when that's resulting in good grades? She says any student who develops a fantastic work ethic and then starts to be what she will call hyper conscientious working harder than is necessary may not get the grade they're looking for. Kohn: One small area where we can bring some relief is to help them be tactical and help them not overwork.