Core Values Coffee #1 PERSEVERANCE Family, School and Church united in the education and support of each Child. www.pshouston.org 1
PS Core Values... 2
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Take the GRIT Quiz... 4
Paul Tough 5
Check out the Discussion Guide... 6
The Secret to Success? Protection from failure... is a central paradox of contemporary parenting. We have an acute, almost biological impulse to provide for our children, to give them everything they want and need, to protect them from dangers and discomforts both large and small... 7
The Secret to Success?... And yet we all know on some level, at least that what kids need more than anything is a little hardship: some challenge, some deprivation that they can overcome, even if just to prove to themselves that they can. As a parent, you struggle with these thorny questions every day, and if you make the right call even half the time, you re lucky... 8
The Secret to Success? But it s one thing to acknowledge this dilemma in the privacy of your own home; it s quite another to have it addressed in public, at a school where you send your kids at great expense. (New York Times, 9-18-2011) 9
Carol Dweck 10
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At the heart of perseverance... The Growth Mindset 12
As Parents...... And Avoid this Set? How do we Build this set of Expectations... 13
Digging In... 14
Perseverance and... challenges: 15
Perseverance and... obstacles: 16
Perseverance and... effort: 17
Perseverance and... criticism: 18
Perseverance and... others success: 19
Again...... And Avoid this Set? How do we Build this set of Expectations... 20
The Child and the Path By cultivating perseverance in our children, we are preparing the Child for the Path rather than the Path for the Child. 21
Perseverance is tied to Resilience... Take the Resiliency Quiz... 22
Resilience is cultivated by charismatic adults... Are you one? 23
In Scripture... Perseverance... Romans 5: 2b-5: And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Hebrews 12:1: 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us... 24
In Scripture... James 1: 2-4: 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1: 12: 12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. James 5: 11: As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. 25
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