This post is in response to Criticizing (Common Criticisms of) Praise By Alfie Kohn In today’s post, I would like to return to the question of praise and engage in collegial debate with fellow PT ...

Children need praise. They need to hear that they did well, that their effort mattered, and that someone noticed. But praise alone cannot build a child’s emotional foundation. In many homes, words ...

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As parents, we want our kids to feel good about themselves, so we try to praise them as much as possible. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Research shows that there are benefits to praising kids. A ...

Encouragement and praise can come in many forms, and some ways are better for child development than others. Researchers at the University of Chicago and Stanford University who studied mother-child ...

Growing up, I was often praised for my memory. ‘You never forget anything,’ my dad would say, proudly pointing it out to teachers, family friends, and other adults we met. I remember their faces ...

Kids who are praised for being smart, or who are told they have a reputation for being smart, are more likely to be dishonest and cheat, a pair of studies from the Ontario Institute for Studies in ...

Most parents think of giving any type of praise as an instant motivation boost. But that's not always the case when it comes to children. In fact, several studies have found that when teachers give ...

A new study published in Developmental Science has found that children who were more positively sensitive to their parents' praise when they were 3 years old had fewer behavioral and emotional ...

How do children construct views of themselves and their place in the world? Children's social relationships turn out to be critical. For example, children develop higher self-esteem when their parents ...