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Modeling Mistakes
How can we make children more comfortable when they make mistakes? By setting good examples when we make them ourselves! Jen Ford, guidance counselor at Wylandville Elementary School in Eighty-Four, PA, explains the power of talking about mistakes, and how this can be a valuable tool in teaching children how to approach their own missteps in life.
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