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  An image of a laptop ( source ) The first article that I read was "The difference between praise and feedback" by mindshift, in the article, it talks about a common issue that most parents encounter in terms of praise and positive feedback and the effects they have on primarily growing kids. Carol Dweck the author of the book mindset states that based on research that based on positive praise, this is the act of was praise is only applied and given to an effort or strategy instead of person praise which puts labels on the individual. In contrast to Dweck and her positive praise method, writers such as Valerie Strauss the author of 12 books about education and human behaviour including The schools are children deserve, she wroth an article in the Washington Post stating that any and all praise is essentially a means to control someone with lesser power and is refers to praise to as a verbal reward. she also states that praise is given out too rapidly and this has conditione...

  I found the article on  " fixed mindset could be holding you back " very enjoyable to read, it talks about the constant praising in order to build a person's self-esteem can have negative effects and result in making that person that person fragile. this is something I agree with and think it very much, I think being constantly being surrounded by only positives does lead having a one-sided perspective. The article also highlights the difference between fit and growth mindset, with people to have a fixed mindset tending believe that intelligence and ability are fixed and can not be changed. it also gives use example of the effects of having this way of thinking for example a doctor and a life or death scenario.                                                      A picture of a drawn head ( image source ) Treating the brain as plastic that ca...