Today's Tip for Families

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06-25-2022

Help Your Child Learn From Disappointment

You can’t spare your child from disappointments at school or in life. Nor should you want to. Learning to handle setbacks—such as rejection by a friend, losing an election, not being chosen for a team and others—helps kids cope later in life.

Your response to your child's disappointments will greatly influence how well your child learns to cope. To help your student learn to tolerate disappointment (and even grow from it):


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