
Building Your Child's Confidence Through Evidence
Play Therapy Parenting Podcast
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The Pygmalion Effect
The more their behavior lends itself toward a label, or this is who I am, the harder it is for them to develop an identity apart from that. So if your kid gets in trouble a lot at school, at home, with friends on the bus, at the ballgame, at aftercare, wherever they are, it is very easy for them to internalize the message "I'm the bad kid" And therefore, self-fulfilling prophecy can take hold.
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