On Parenting: Helping our kids learn to just keep at it

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Try four weeks FREE, then $4 every four weeks for one year  Sign up for this newsletter Read online The challenges, delights and shared experiences of parenting.       By Amy Joyce  Email I've spent years of my parenting life trying to figure out when to push my kids to keep at something, and when to let them find their own way, even if that way is to drop it. When our younger one wanted to play the harp (yes, really), we went for it. One evening, after a couple years of rushing to lessons after school and work, he got into the car and cried, saying it was just too much. His dad and I decided that this wasn't something we would force – as much as I came to love listening to that little guy playing his little blue "harpsicle," as it was called. But there are times we realize we need to encourage them rather than let them off the hook. Whether it's helping our older one recover from a terrible ankle injury to get back to playing a sport he loves, our younger one persisting at baseball, or, of course, both of them learning how to study.  This piece by Phyllis Fagell today is a reminder that it's often worth it help them stick with it. We aren't born knowing how to persist in the face of all odds. It's a learned skill and something we have to help our kids practice again and again.  7 ways parents can help kids persist at tasks they resist Perspective ●  By Phyllis Fagell ●  Read more »   Emilio Delgado, beloved handyman Luis on 'Sesame Street,' dies at 81 By Emily Langer ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   If you need life advice, press two. If you need a pep talk from kindergartners, press three. By Kellie B. Gormly ●  Read more »   On the opposite parenting page with your partner? Here's how to make it work. Perspective ●  By Tonilyn Hornung ●  Read more »   A teen son bullies his family. But he's not the only one who needs to change. Perspective ●  By Meghan Leahy ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Is your child a perfectionist? Here's how to help. By Jennifer Breheny Wallace ●  Read more »     KidsPost Students turn the tables on what's served for lunch By Bridget Reed Morawski ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Bold School for smart advice on how to get better with age, plus tried-and-true tips from our readers, every Monday and Friday for 12 weeks. Sign up »

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