About the book
Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter most for children's success have less to do with intelligence and test scores than with character: perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism and self-control. He follows a new generation of researchers and educators applying science to character, along with the children they work with, and traces links between childhood stress and success later in life. Tough examines how parents do and do not prepare children for adulthood, and how early adversity can alter the physical development of a child's brain. He also reports on interventions by educators and doctors that help children growing up in poverty overcome its constraints. It became a New York Times best seller.
Life and Limb Gel founder Chelsea Frank read it for pleasure on the recommendation of a sister who teaches middle school, and was surprised by what it showed about even the most capable parents.
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Chelsea Frank (Founder/Life and Limb Gel)
I was reading a book, “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character” by Paul Tough on a recommendation by my sister, a Middle School teacher. At that time I considered myself a great mother with natural intuition and did not go to the book as a means of “self-help” but of leisurely pleasure. However, I was perplexed when I discovered that even the most intelligent, diligent, and natural parents fail their children on multiple levels. Intuition was not enough. The day I finished the book I went to my son’s baseball game ready to apply my knowledge but found that the words out of my mouth were not necessarily those recommended in the book. Then it hit me: what if everything in life weren’t necessarily “intuitive”? I had learned so much about parenting even if I thought I was doing an excellent job already. What more could I learn about being content, happy, or successful in life?
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