How children succeed grit, curiosity, and the hidden power of character

A foremost "New Yorker" and "New York Times" journalist reverses three decades of thinking about what creates successful children, solving the mysteries of why some succeed and others fail -- and of how to move individual children toward their full potential for success.

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Main Author: Tough, Paul (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
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