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The Artist vs The Athlete. Ability or Effort?

April 8, 2012 by Jen

A few years ago my son brought home a single C+ on his report card. He had never had a grade lower than B+ in his life and he was devastated. The fact that the grade was in Art didn't seem to matter to him. The C+ was a huge disappointment. I am not devaluing the importance of Art at all but I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: art, grades, gym, marking, mom blog, parenting, reward ability, reward effort, rewards, school, tweens

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