DEEP DIVE: Letting Kids Make Mistakes

Published: Oct. 21, 2024, 9:30 a.m.

This month's Deep Dive series is all about helping our kids through hardships like making mistakes, getting rejected, and facing competition. Listen to the whole playlist on Spotify.\nThere are benefits to our kids' making mistakes, even when it\u2019s hard. Maybe especially when it\u2019s hard. Some kids have tons of flexibility and safety around trying new things, around failing. Others not so much.\nIn this episode we discuss:\n\nhow the brain lights up when a mistake is made, paying extra attention\n\nwhy being very wrong about a fact once ensures you will always remember it thereafter\n\nthe difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset\u2013 and how mistakes encourage the latter\n\nCarol Dweck and what she calls the power of "not yet"\n\nhow we can make our homes "mistake-friendly environments"\n\n\nHere are links to writing on the topic that we discuss in this episode: \n\nClaudia Wallis for Mind/Shift: Why Mistakes Matter in Creating A Path For Learning\n\n\nDr. Janet Metcalfe, Columbia University:\xa0\u201cLearning from Errors,\u201d\n\n\nCarol S. Dweck for TED: "The Power of Yet"\n\n\nCarol S. Dweck: Mindset\n\n\nJo Boaler for youcubed.org: Mistakes Grow Your Brain\n\n\nMelissa Taylor for Brightly: What Is a \u2018Just Right\u2019 Book? Reading Levels Explained\n\n\nDr. Jason Moser for Frontiers In Human Neuroscience: On the relationship between anxiety and error monitoring: a meta-analysis and conceptual framework\n\n\nSesame Street: Mary Had a Little Lamb\n\n\n\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:\nhttps://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/\nmom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips,\xa0mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid\u2019s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, resilience, grit, self-esteem, mistakes, kids mistakes\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices