Parent-Teacher Conference: A teacher-dad on parenting teens

Parent-Teacher Conference: A teacher-dad on parenting teens

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When your child keeps failing at something and can't things get right: coming up with a plan to help them (Pt. 2)

When your child keeps failing at something and can't things get right: coming up with a plan to help them (Pt. 2)

When our child struggles, the wrong interventions can damage our child's confidence and our relationship. Here are some traps to avoid and suggestions to do it well.

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Last week I wrote about a concept called the “Zone of Proximal Development,” or, as I like to think of it, Empowerment Zones.

The idea is pretty simple and intuitive, but powerful.

Graphic from: https://www.simplypsychology.org/vygotsky.html

Helping a child move between what they can currently do and what we want them to be able to do requires us to prov…

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