Focus & Effort
In a world full of distraction, the ability to stay with something — to keep going when it gets hard, to finish what you started, and to try again after a mistake — is one of the most valuable skills a child can develop.
In this category, you'll learn how to: use language for noticing and naming effort while it is happening, not just after the task is done. You will learn how to reinforce the process rather than just the outcome, how to help your child stay in the chair, stay on task, and stay with the hard part long enough to get through it. A child who is praised for effort learns that persistence is what matters — and that belief becomes the engine that drives everything they will ever accomplish.
