'Lazy', 'Messy', 'Smart': How Labels Affect a Child's Personality Development

‘Lazy’, ‘Messy’, ‘Smart’: How Labels Affect a Child’s Personality Development

6th May, 2024

Source: Medical Xpress

Words have a direct impact on the formation of a child’s identity. By labeling children, for example categorizing them as “lazy” or “clever,” we may actually be doing them a disservice. We might see ourselves as benevolent architects of their future, but we might, involuntarily, be holding them back.

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