Praise Paradox - I

This is the third and concluding part of the Praise paradox. If you have not listened to the earlier part of this series, I highly recommend you to do so. In this episode, we discuss how you should praise a child so that it grows on to be self-reliant, confident and high on self-esteem?

This is the second part of the 'Praise Paradox' Last time I introduced Praise paradox to you. In this episode, let us understand the impact of it. We will get to know the helpless pattern and Mastery-oriented pattern in children.

Richard Farson, a famous American psychologist, is quoted to have said “Undoubtedly, the most threatening aspect of praise is the obligation it puts on us to be praise-worthy people. … For if we really believe it when we are told that we are competent, or intelligent, or beautiful, then we are continually on the spot to be competent, or intelligent, or beautiful. How is your child taking your praise? Episode image courtesy: Photo by Raychan on Unsplash Music courtesy: bensound.com

We all have heard how movies and television have a bad influence on children. How we should reduce the time they spend watching these. But did you know that is something called Cinema Therapy? There is the Zur Institute which has courses in Cinema Therapy. Cinema Therapy is used to help survivors of trauma to overcome their conditions with the help of conversations on meaningful cinema. This is what I have to tell you today. That is the impact of deep conversations on cinema. Music courtesy: https://www.bensound.com/ Image courtesy: https://unsplash.com/@sarahmakphotography