From the book “Nurtureshock” in the preface, Bronson says that the scientific understanding of childhood has changed. The first chapter “The Inverse Power of Praise on the New York Magazine” talks about the negative effects of praise on a child. Bronson & Merryman argues constantly praising your children backfires and actually undermines their confidence. They say the solution is to praise the effort and not the outcome. Sal Khan in his article, “The Learning Myth: Why I’ll never tell my son he’s smart” explains how his son verbalized the tell tales signs of growth mindset. He quotes “he reads a short book to me. Inevitably, he’ll hit a word that he has trouble with: last night the word was “gratefully.” He eventually got it after a fairly
