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Resources and links
Persistence is critical for success in school and beyond. Here are 8 tips for nurturing this quality in your child.
How Angela Duckworth teaches her kids grit.
Stanford University’s Carol Dweck on .
examined academic attainment among low- income and minority teens and hypothesized that visualizing possible outcomes is not effective unless it’s accompanied by envisioning plausible strategies for success.
, author of , found that kids who participate in at least 2 years of extracurricular activity have more successful outcomes.