Infants Can Learn the Value of Perseverance by Watching Adults
After observing grown-ups struggling with tasks, 1-year-old babies make more effort themselves.
There exists a seemingly infinite stream of self-help articles that advise parents on how to raise kids with grit—children who persevere in the face of challenges. The offered wisdom ranges from the generically obvious (Praise the process! Use positive words!) to the bizarrely specific (Create an obstacle course!).
But perhaps the simplest way of instilling persistence in your kids is to persist yourself—and let them see you doing it. According to by , Yuna Lee, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, even 1-year-old infants can draw lessons from such unspoken, undirected demos. When they see adults persisting at a challenging task, they
