Mindsets for Parents

by Mary Cay Ricci, Margaret Lee

All parents want their children to be successful in school, sports, and extracurricular activities. But it's not just about giving your kids praise or setting them on the right direction. Research shows that success is often dependent on mindset. Hard work, perseverance, and effort are all hallmarks of a growth mindset. That's where Mindsets for Strategies to Encourage Growth Mindsets in Kids comes in. Designed to provide parents with a roadmap for developing a growth mindset home environment, this book's conversational style and real-world examples make the popular mindsets topic approachable and engaging. It includes tools for informally assessing the mindsets of both parent and child, easy-to-understand brain research, and suggested strategies and resources for use with children of any age. This book gives parents and guardians powerful knowledge and methods to help themselves and their children learn to embrace life's challenges with a growth mindset and an eye toward increasing their effort and success!

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction, Self Help, Education, Personal Development

184 pages, Paperback

Published March 9, 2022

Reviews

[Virginia Franklyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter's teacher recommended this book. It focuses on what parents can do to help children succeed. It comes from a place that all children have tremendous potential for growth, not just ones identified as 'gifted'. The advice that I took to heart was to talk with Zoe about how her brain works, how it gets stronger when she works hard and challenges herself. How difficult work is worth the effort and setbacks and 'failures' are necessary for growth. I learned a lot and highly recommend this book.

[John Hannam · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book builds off Carol Zweck's book Mindset and applies it to children. There are fantastic examples of how you can instill a growth mindset in your own child. From dinner table conversation to homework scenarios, this book is an excellent resource for any parent looking to foster the concepts of a growth mindset in their child. I would highly recommend this book to any parent!

[brenda arzillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommend for any parent or caregiver of children, including coaches, especially if not familiar with growth mindset concept. Teachers too, although in our school district educators are exposed and encouraged to focus on growth mindset strategies. The authors present the material in a very understandable way and provide great examples.

[Gretchn_red · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book tells you how you can instill this mindset in your child and thereby give them the biggest GIFT they will probably ever receive….THE ABILITY TO DETERMINE THEIR OWN SUCCESS.

The book isn’t very long, and it is organized extremely well. It begins by breaking down for you what Growth Mindset is and what a Fixed Mindset is, why it’s important and the research that backs those claims up.

there is gads of brain research that breaks it down to cold hard science throughout the book (but not so much I nod off).

Most importantly, in my opinion, it tells you using everyday situations HOW to put what you have just learned into practice. I mean, showing me research and telling me is great, but how do I use it? For example, what do I say to my children when they want to give up or take the “easy” assignment? How can I get the spouse or grandparents on board with this growth mindset idea? (There are example conversations!) .

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[Sasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

As an educator, I have been inundated with growth mindset in my students. However, it was interesting to see it in the perspective of a parent. I read this as part of a book club at my daughter's elementary school. I have to admit it has changed the way that I praise my daughter on what she does. It functions as a workbook so it is easy to implement and use in your own family.

[Edna Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started this as a parent's book club book at my son's school. Then COVID stopped the book club. I recently picked it up and finished it on my own. There is a lot very beneficial information in this book especially if you have a non neurotypical child.

[Tisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't say enough good things about this book. I got great ideas for all of my children and myself. It was inspiring and made me feel like my children and I can work hard to accomplish anything.

[Jehan Za · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informative and enriching book. This book makes you pause and think, it has many references to other materials to further understand sime concept. Enjoyable read.

[Shawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part of the way through this book. It's an interesting read.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good educational read

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book to get you thinking about the way we praise and encourage our children.

[Shannon Hunsel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple and practical. Good companion book to more in depth growth mindset material.

[Vivi Papadopoulou · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very practical book for a very important issue. a must read for the parents who want their kids to be persistent, resilient and with grit.

[Paige · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was incredibly informative, and I'm so glad I read it. I don't have children yet, but I was still curious about the benefits of having a growth mindset household. While reading I learned a lot about my current mindset, and the type of mindset I had as a child, and it became so obvious that focusing on effort and developing gritt and perseverance is far more important than getting straight A's. There is no one correct way to raise a child, but if you're interested I learning and growing as a parent, and encouraging your child/ren to learn and grow too, this is a perfect book for you to read. **I won a copy of this book from a goodreads giveaway in exchange for an honest review.

[Sandi Mascio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great, easily-read resource for parents learning about growth mindset.

[Carissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a good insightful book. Even if you think you have a growth mindset, Its surprising what you learn and changes that even you can make. My child is responding very positively to the small changes I have made while speaking to him.

[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent discussion and practical ideas to implement. Best to start the discussion when young.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent addition to our parenting collection.

[Kate Puleo Unger · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book for a two-part parent book discussion at my son's school. Growth mindset and fixed mindset were terms I was only vaguely familiar with before reading this book. Afterwards I was intimately aware of their meaning. In that sense this book was a terrific overview of these concepts for parents.

I took the quiz at the beginning of the book and was not too surprised to discover that I have a rather fixed mindset about learning and ability. I was praised for being smart my whole life, and I strongly believe that my ability is based on something innate within me. And I feel the same about my son. This book did point out that emphasizing intelligence over hard work can make it difficult for children when they're faced with new experiences requiring skills that they don't already possess. I know I have always shied away from things that I don't do well.

Coupled with the book discussion with our school's vice principal, I learned a lot about how to speak to my son about perseverance and persistence. I have found myself trying to encourage him to try again or put forth some additional effort in the things he's been doing lately - video games, building marble tracks, etc. I am still struggling with the academic side of things because it comes rather easily to him, but I know we can use other areas, i.e. sports, etc., to help him build a growth mindset that will help him all throughout his life.

This book features a decent amount of concrete examples for children of all ages. But without talking to other parents, I don't know that it would have been quite as effective for me. As I said above, it's a great introduction, but parents truly looking to implement growth mindset practices may need to go further in their studies.

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