How to raise children with grit
The concept of ‘grit’ has been popularised by psychologist and author, Angela Duckworth.
As part of her research, Duckworth conducted studies of high-achieving individuals in various fields ranging from business to education and the military. She was looking for common characteristics or personality traits that could be used as a predictor of success.
After extensive research, she concluded that there is one characteristic that they almost all had in common and she has labelled that characteristic as GRIT.
Duckworth defines grit as ‘passion and perseverance for long-term goals’.
It’s essentially the ability to stick at something for a long time, even when the going gets tough.
Personally, I associate grit with resilience and it’s a trait that I deeply admire in other people. It’s something I try to display myself and a characteristic that I hope to cultivate in my children.
I was therefore very interested to see if this was something that can be taught and if so, how.
