You've been told what your child needs to work on. You've passed the message along. And somewhere along the way, you've started to believe it. But the behavior the school keeps correcting and the capacity your child was born with might be the exact same thing, just in the wrong room. Let's talk about how to tell the difference, and what AI can help you find once you do.

This episode draws in part on research in:

• Parental attributional style and its effect on children's academic self-concept (Pomerantz & Dong, 2006)
• Shame and guilt in child development: long-term effects on self-evaluation and identity (Tangney & Dearing, 2002)
• Character strengths in children and their role in identity formation (Park & Peterson, 2006)
• Possible selves: how anticipated futures shape present motivation and self-trust (Markus & Nurius, 1986)
• Parenting practices and the development of children's self-efficacy (Bandura, 1997)