Will to win. Helping children succeed
Description
Why do some children give up on problems easily while others persevere? What makes a boy or girl afraid to try in the first place? This program studies the factors that help create a resilient personality and the reasons why some children back down from challenges. Visiting a group of 25 seven-year-olds, the film observes them with their parents and on their own as they undertake practical tasks gauging motivation, self-confidence, and assertiveness. The tests include the Tower of Hanoi, a building project requiring concentration and planning; a group of three puzzles-designated easy, medium, and hard-that reveal a child's estimation of his or her own abilities; and a card game between parents and offspring, rigged to show how the kids cope with losing.
Runtime
60 min
Series
- Child of Our Time: A Year-by-Year Study of Childhood Development (12 Parts) (12)
- Child of Our Time: A Year-by-Year Study of Childhood Development (13 Parts) (13)
Subjects
- Cognitive psychology (167)
- Education (938)
- Families (556)
- Child development (475)
- Psycholinguistics (40)
- Educational psychology (148)
- Intellect (87)
- Adolescence (297)
- Adolescent psychology (124)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2008], c2007
Database
Films on Demand
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