growth mindset children

Consider for a moment what your daughter was interested in at the age of seven.

A child’s early interests are not just passing phases — they are often the first signs of how they think, learn, and engage with the world.

Perhaps it was horses, or coding, or drawing maps of imaginary countries. Perhaps it was reading, chemistry kits, or cataloguing every bird she spotted in the garden...

The first time a child comes home from school and announces they are "bad at maths", they are often five or six years old.

Children build confidence not by getting everything right, but by learning to keep going when things feel difficult.

They have struggled with a worksheet, have not finished it in time, and have drawn a conclusion that, if left unchallenged, can take years to...