What matters most in a child’s development, they say, is not how much information we can stuff into her brain in the first few years. What matters, instead, is whether we are able to help her develop a very different set of qualities, a list that includes persistence, self-control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self-confidence.
Published on June 23, 2016 , under Quotes
Source: Paul Tough, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character (2012)