Parents are the first and most important teachers. As your child's first teacher, you can strongly influence his/her learning attitudes and behaviors. Carol Dweck, leading researcher in the area of Growth Mindset states, "We can all agree that meaningful schoolwork promotes students' learning of academic content. But why stop there? I believe that meaningful work can also teach students to love challenges, to enjoy effort, to be resilient, and to value their own improvement. In other words, we can design and present learning tasks in a way that helps students develop a growth mindset, which leads to not just short-term achievement but also long-term success." Take a look at the short video below for some helpful hints. For further information on this topic check out the book- Mindset by Carol Dweck.