Yale News: Need a landing pad for helicopter parenting? Frame tasks as learning. Mike Cummings, 11.22.24.

BOLD: The cognitive scientist helping kids persist through challenges. Annie Brookman-Byrne, 9.5.24.

BOLD: How can schools embrace variability in learning? Nina Alonso, 4.2.24.

Vox: It’s Okay to Suck When You Try Something New. Allie Volpe, 12.3.23.

The Atlantic: Infants Can Learn the Value of Perseverance by Watching Adults. Ed Yong, 9.21.17 

New York Times: Want Your Kid to Learn Something New? Sign Yourself Up, Too. Tom Vanderbilt, 4.20.21

Netflix: The Babies docuseries features the Leonard, Lee, & Schulz 2017 study (Season 2, Episode 6)!

CNN: Parents: Here’s when to shower your child with praise.  Sandee LaMotte, 12.14.21

The Happiness Lab Podcast: Happier Parents, Happier Kids Pt 2: Letting Children Try and Fail. Dr. Laurie Santos, 11.7.22

Penn Today: Children Persist Less When Adults Take Over. Michele W. Berger, 1.27.21

Parents.com:  Kids Persevere More When Parents Take a Step Back, New Study Shows. Anna Halkidis, 2.5.21

Scientific American: If at First You Don’t Succeed, Show Your Baby Again. Yasemin Saplakoglu, 9.21.17 

MIT News: Babies Can Learn that Hard Work Pays off. Anne Trafton, 9.21.17 

Stanford Psychology Podcast: Young Children’s Effort Allocation and Persistence in Learning. Bella Fascendini, 11.4.22

Popular Articles by Julia Leonard

Psychology Today: How AI Could Ruin or Revive Our Culture of Learning. 8.29.23

Character Lab Tip of the Week: Step back: Let kids do it themselves. 5.5.21; also featured in Ed Week

The Conversation: Babies can learn the value of persistence by watching grownups stick with a challenge. 9.21.17 ; also featured in Smithsonian Magazine, Salon, and on former President Joe Biden’s podcast, Biden’s Briefing episode #69.

Listen to Dr. Leonard’s feature in The Happiness Lab Podcast! Full podcast linked above.