Heffner column: Riding the bumps in learning

Children often don’t make the connection between mastering something and the work it takes to get there. They often think they should know something without having learned it. What they miss is the process of learning – that knowing something or being able to do something is the result of a process, which may go smoothly but often has some bumps. If they hit a bump, they may too quickly think that means they can’t learn it, or do it.As parents we, too, may at times forget that […]  » Read More