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How big is the difference between “praising children” and “encouraging children”?
Many parents think that encouragement and praise are motivating their children to work hard, but in fact, praise is not the same as encouragement. Parents must pay attention to the difference between the two.
The famous thinker and educator Socrates said that education is to truly guide a person’s heart and help him become who he is.
We all know that the growth of children’s inner strength is stimulated through encouragement, and we also know that encouragement is the most important and most effective means of education.
However, many parents often confuse “praise” and “encouragement”, thinking that both are spiritual motivations to encourage people to be positive and keep moving forward.
We can first look at the following three stories:
1. A parent complained in an exchange group that his child had a low frustration level. When playing chess with his classmates, he would cry when he lost. The classmates were no longer willing to play chess with him.
When I play jigsaw puzzles at home, I feel aggrieved and even cry when I can’t figure it out.
