Parents and Teachers Send Growth-Mind-Set Messages

Martha Pease: Praising children's intelligence harms their motivation, and it harms their performance. She says in Italy there is no test; parents who send fixed mind-set messages are like France. In the U.S., if success means they're smart, then failure means they're dumb, she writes.Pease: If I don't learn something quickly, I'm not smart. The minute they hit a snag, their confidence goes out the window.