Mindsets for Parents: Strategies to Encourage Growth Mindsets in Kids

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 Parents: 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

Mary Cay Ricci is an education consultant and speaker. She was previously the Coordinator of Gifted and Talented Education for Baltimore County Public Schools. She holds certification in gifted and talented education and administration and supervision from Johns Hopkins University, where she is currently a faculty associate in the Graduate School of Education.

Margaret (Meg) Lee, coauthor of Mindsets for Parents with Mary Cay Ricci, is the Supervisor of Advanced Academics for Frederick County Public Schools in Maryland. In this role, she has overseen an expansion of programming for students and professional learning for staff and has been privileged to work with elementary, middle, and high schools.