How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

How Children Succeed

Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

2012 • 256 pages

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Why are we always so quick to reject the wisdom of older people as outdated? Don't we always come back around and take another look and find they were right after all?

Paul Tough takes a look at new research on children who grow up to find success in their adult lives and shares with us the New Version of an Old Truth: hard work means a lot.

My grandfather is quietly nodding his head.

December 31, 2012Report this review