Category: Parenting

Are you unintentionally hindering your child’s growth mindset? In a recent conversation with my friend Jennifer, we discussed how constant praise for a child’s intelligence or talent can lead them to develop a fixed mindset, where they believe their abilities are set in stone and cannot improve through effort and learning.

This can lead to a downward spiral of anxiety and false confidence, as the child tries to prove themselves more and more. As they face new challenges in college, their fixed mindset leaves them ill-equipped to handle the higher expectations and tougher coursework, causing them to resort to excessive partying and avoiding their responsibilities.

It’s important to praise effort and learning strategies, rather than innate ability, as it fosters a growth mindset that encourages embracing challenges and viewing mistakes as opportunities to learn and grow. Let’s empower our children to develop a growth mindset and reach their full potential!

Parents are a child’s first and most important teacher. By being involved in their child’s education, parents can help set their child up for success.  Unknown   Education is not just about getting good grades. It’s about opening doors, exploring new ideas, and developing a love of learning. Parents can play a key role in […]

  “You’re always getting into trouble!” This phrase can make a child feel like they are constantly being judged and criticized. An alternative phrase could be “I know you’re capable of making better choices.” This phrase acknowledges the child’s abilities and encourages them to make better choices. “You’re worthless!” Uh yeah, obviously a bad one […]

Hi I’m Samantha from Learning Success and we made this video to help parents build confidence in their children. There are many powerful neuroscience-based techniques that build confidence. And we want you to have them. All parents should have these tools because children should be able to grow up confident and live up to their […]

Has your child ever come home from school and said “My Teacher Hates Me!”  

Has your child ever become emotional over homework, reading, math, tests, or just going to school?

Have they ever said anything like, “I’m not smart” or “I’m not good at”

Or shown in any other way that they may be experiencing low self-esteem or lack of confidence?

Those are symptoms that may lead to deeper emotional issues later on.

Does your child struggle with homework? Take too long to get it done, Avoid it, or even get emotional when it’s time to do homework. Well, the first step in solving that problem is to figure out what the underlying issue is, and that is what we made this video to help you do.

  Start a Free Trial of the Learning Success System   00;00;00;17 – 00;00;23;02 Liz Weaver Have you ever sat down to help your child with homework? And what should have taken 30 minutes? Took 3 hours? You wanted to do everything possible to help your child, but maybe at the same time you worried […]

According to psychology, there are only four styles of parenting. Each has a different effect on children’s academic performance, whether or not they will enjoy school, their ability to learn, their behavior, and how they get along with others. That’s all very important stuff. Right? So let’s go through each and find out which you are. 

Are there more specific learning disabilities than dyslexia?  

In fact, there are. But before we get into them, let’s talk about what a specific learning disability is, and what it is not.