“Does your child give up on something after just one try? Does he get frustrated when success doesn’t come right away? Does he persevere in the face of adversity or does he just give up?”asks David Bredehoft, professor of psychology, in the columns of Psychology Today. The teacher asks all these questions to get you to ask yourself if your child is brave. Some children lack that extra bit of boldness that allows them to take risks, try things and thus learn. For him, contrary to what one might think, courage is a skill. It is learned and worked on.
The specialist cites in particular the definition shared by the psychologist, Angela Duckworth: “Courage involves working hard to meet challenges, maintaining effort and interest over years despite setbacks, adversity, and plateaus in progress. The courageous individual approaches success like a marathon; its advantage is endurance. While disappointment or boredom signals to others that it is time to change course and cut losses, the courageous individual stays the course.”she assures. If the emeritus psychologist had to sum up courage in a few words, she would do so like this: “Perseverance and passion for long-term goals.”
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