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Fostering Grit

by Thomas R. Hoerr, PhD
🎧 24 min listen Personal Development

How educators and parents can build the tenacity children need to thrive in a hard world.

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Chapter 1 Grit without passion is just suffering

Grit without passion is just suffering, so helping kids find what they love is the first step. Adults who rescue children from every obstacle are acci…

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Fostering Grit
Grit is not a personality trait kids either have or lack.
It is a skill schools and families can deliberately
cultivate. Thomas R. Hoerr, a veteran principal with
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