insert_link Lifestyle ‘Lazy’, ‘messy’, ‘smart’: how labels affect a child’s personality development By Montserrat Magro Gutiérrez, Universidad Nebrija and Paula Contesse Carvacho, Universidad Nebrija Words have a direct impact on the formation of a child’s identity. By labelling children, for example categorising them as “lazy” or “clever”, we may actually be doing them a disservice. We might see ourselves as benevolent architects of their future, but we might, involuntarily, be holding them back. There is a delicate balance […] today8 May, 2024
