truegritter, I think those are awesome questions and ones I find myself pondering with my own S. I hate seeing him give up so easily on something and then refusing to try. I can't even think of words to encourage him to keep trying and that it's ok to fail.
I often think they are too distracted by the quick pleasure of video games and tv, etc and learned to have short spans when it comes to getting results. But I also know part of it is how I have taught him and I want to change that.
I'd be curious to hear what others think on this. Good stuff.
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