You don’t need a plan or a script tonight, just a few honest sentences you can say out loud, right when it counts.
“Getting it wrong is part of how you learn it.”
“I'm proud that you tried, no matter how it turned out.”
“You don't have to be good at it yet.”
Praising the attempt instead of the result is what actually makes a child willing to try again.
In their story, a character's small mistakes turn out to lead somewhere unexpected and good, which is how the story shows that getting it wrong is part of learning.
It ends with a kind of courage that has nothing to do with getting it right, and everything to do with having tried at all.
Read more: Stories and Self-Esteem: Building a Steadier Sense of Self
We use analytics cookies to understand how the site is used. See our Privacy Policy.