polaspalguest asked on
2025-06-23 18:35:31
Have you ever heard about process-based praise?
"Praise and intelligence: The argument for process-based praise."
If we tell kids they’re smart and capable, won’t that inspire them to strive and learn? Studies suggest otherwise. If kids sense that we’re exaggerating or insincere, our efforts will backfire. And if we make them feel they have a reputation to defend, they may end up shrinking from challenges — holding back because they don’t want to risk failure and the loss of that reputation.
Can we avoid these pitfalls by focusing on “process-based” praise? It’s likely the better approach, but even here we need to be sensitive to the context and the...
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polaspalguest asked on
2025-05-21 14:34:13
Should kids and teens under 18 be allowed to use AI Companion Apps?
"Kids and teens under 18 shouldn’t use AI companion apps, safety group says."
Companion-like artificial intelligence apps pose “unacceptable risks” to children and teenagers, nonprofit media watchdog Common Sense Media said in a report published Wednesday.
The report follows a lawsuit filed last year over the suicide death of a 14-year-old boy whose last conversation was with a chatbot. That lawsuit, brought against the app Character.AI, thrust this new category of conversational apps into the spotlight — along with their potential risks to young people, leading to calls for more safety measures and transparency.
The kinds of conversations detailed in that lawsuit —...
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