At the start of a new school year, there’s one thing you can equip your child with that is proven to increase their motivation, resilience and academic performance – a growth mindset.

A subset of studies also measured brain activity in students with growth and fixed mindsets, and showed that students with a fixed mindset showed stronger reaction to negative feedback ...

Add it all up and in non-researcher-speak, embracing a growth mindset makes your brain more willing to make mistakes, better at correcting and learning from mistakes, and better at accepting feedback.

Because, at least in part, embracing a growth mindset can also change your brain at a neurological level: Yep: Embracing a growth mindset wires your brain to be more willing to make mistakes.

A growth mindset is the belief that a trait (like intelligence or resilience) is malleable and can be developed through hard work, good strategies, and the ability to receive and integrate ...