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Re: Praising?
I never even knew that praising could be something to be concerned about. You can tell i'm a new parent! So all day long now i've been consumed with thinking about what my friend told me about praising, second guessing everything i've done in these past 18 months!
My friend has 3 kids. Her eldest she said she "ruined" - seriously that was her word exactly. I told her she didnt, but she said she's working hard on reversing "the damange" from overpraising everything she did so she can become a more confident child. hmmmmm??
So Yaron (dh) comes home from work today and I told him all about it and i wanted his opinion. And he strongly disagreed with our friend. But he echos everything you gals said- that it's individual and every child needs something different and it changes according to the child's personality, age, maturity etc... As I mentioned before dh wasn't really a praised child or young adult by his parents (my ILs are nice people don't get me wrong) but I think he wishes he had experienced some of it.
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