This is one the Dad pulled out this morning on the effects of praising effort rather than ability in children, among other things. It's from New York Magazine - "How Not to Talk to Your Kids." I started practicing with the Captain:
Captain, good effort stacking those blocks.
Good try using the fork, I'm sure you'll soon be able to stop poking yourself in the eye.
Nice attempt at stealing my bracelet. Better luck next time, ya little bugger.
This one's an article on too much television - "TV or not TV." Of course, this article doesn't account for when your dinner table is in your TV room and the little brat knows how to turn on and off the TV, which means he's constantly hopping off his chair and turning it on during meal time and will obsess over it if you say, unplug the fucking thing altogether.
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