Is Labelling Your Child ‘Smart’ Really Doing Him/her Any Good?
“Oh, she isn’t particularly bright” or maybe “he is a bit on the duller side”: All of you would agree that such negative labels are really bad for kids, and we should thus refrain from using them. But, what about calling them ‘smart’ or ‘gifted’? Are you sure calling your kids smart each time they do something right is really doing them any good? People naturally assume that there can be no harm done in the use of terms like that. But we, at DPS Sushant Lok, have a different point of view in this context. At DPSSL, positioned among the Top Schools in Gurgaon , we have had the chance to take a closer look at the impact of such labels on the students, and it has made us come to a few definitive conclusions. The thing about using labels for kids, be it ‘smart’ or otherwise, is that they start believing in the tag a bit too much. Ms Veena Sangar, our esteemed principal, opines that when we begin labelling kids from a young age, they start thinking about themselves as nothing mo...