“But it is too hard. I am never going to get it,” whined the boy to his mother as he stared at the long sheet of math problems. His mother came over to the kitchen table and said, “Look, you haven’t even tried these yet. You are a smart boy. I am sure you will…
There seemed to be kids everywhere during the first week the swimming pool was open for the summer. The most popular attraction at the pool was the addition of a high diving board. All of the boy’s friends had jumped off it and were telling the boy how thrilling it was to stare down into…
“Here honey, let mommy do that,” said the mother as she reached for her daughter’s shoes to help put them on. The two year old looked squarely at her mother, yanked away the shoes and said, “I do it.” The little girl in this case was firmly expressing her self-confidence that she could put on…
The boy looked at his mother and said, “I don’t think I can. I usually mess things up.” The mother sighed and wondered why her son was so reluctant to try new things. She just knew that he could be good at so many things if he would just try. In the situation above, the…