What You . . . Were Teaching Your Child About Grit & Resilience: MIT Study Captures Techniques . . .

"Even at MIT, no one’s been able to create a computer as powerful as the brain of a baby." "In a study Leonard published in Science, she found that babies were able to persist in a difficult task if they first saw an adult struggle to succeed, suggesting that grit and perseverance can be taught by example to the powerfully observational young baby brain."

Takeaway:  Your children learn by example. A parent who demonstrates "struggle" has the power to instill grit and perseverance in their child. The parent is in a unique role to "teach by example" as an ever-present role model in the child's life.

To read the article go to:  "What You Never Realized . . ."