Better to try and fail than never to have tried at all!
There is research that has proven that every time you make a mistake your brain fires up new neurones and pathways. This means that for every mistake you make your brain actually gets bigger…
I always tell my children this and say I’d rather they make mistakes than get something right first time – this will mean that their brain will make new connections and a new tricky concept will be better embedded when they finally get it.
The other side of this of course is that it doesn’t matter if you try and at first fail because when you succeed you will have accomplished something. Not everything will come easily and some things take a lot of hard work and effort. What does this teach our children – skills of perseverance and also the confidence to try and so what if you fail first time round… have another go – you’ll get there in the end!
Here’s food for thought…
