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Posted on September 23, 2009

How to tell someone they sound racist

This Youtube video is worth passing around. Best three minutes you might spend today.

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Because it wouldn't be a Clark and Lois vacation if something didn't go just a little bit sideways. Soooo grateful airports have Urgent Care. Who knew???
One of the hardest things for a parent to do is watch their child struggle. From the minute they are born, it seems, we are their personal cheering section. Good boy! Way to go! What a strong girl! What a smart boy! How kind you are! This positive reinforcement is necessary when they are very young, especially when potty training. Lord knows my daughter and son-in-law would never have gotten this little guy to use a toilet without cheering loudly every time he was successful. The enthusiasm they showed rivaled what we normally reserve for a moon landing. ... And it worked. So it is easy to think similar enthusiasm will work for getting homework done and trying out for soccer team and, well, just living life. But the problem with constant positive reinforcement - endemic in many schools for the past twenty years - is that it creates children who are terrified of failing, young adults who don't understand the benefit of trying something difficult. ... Young children naturally want to try new things. They aren't scared of it. If you doubt that, watch a baby determined to learn to walk. But we take that trying urge away from them when we overpraise or rescue them. They forget theor lunch? Their hunger will teach them to remeber. They wait until the last minute to do their science fair project? If Momma runs out and gets all the materials and stays up all night helping, Junior just learned he doesn't have to plan and execute. ... As someone who sees college freshmen unable to perform some of the most basic tasks of difficult learning, I'm here to beg parents: Let them fail. Instill a "try, try again motto. Learn more through my latest Arizona Daily Star column via the link in my profile.
Serious food for thought.

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