Denisenkova N.S. What to praise a child for?

Denisenkova N.S. What to praise a child for? // Preschool Education Today. 2009, Issue 1 - p. 72-77.

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2009, 1

Natalya S. Denisenkova
Cand. Sci. (Psychol.), Professor at the Department of Social Psychology of Development, the Faculty of Social Psychology, Moscow State Psychological and Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract

The article dwells upon an encouragement of preschool children problem. Despite the obvious effectiveness of this type of influence upon development of child’s personality, many parents often ask themselves for what and how to praise their children. The author answers these questions with an emphasis on children’s individual differences which should be taken into consideration in this matter.