Don't Compliment Kids by Insulting Yourself
by Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Me from Lifehacker on (#4WRFP)
By now we know that when we praise kids, we should focus less on natural ability or intelligence and more on effort. As in, "You worked so hard on that homework!" versus "You're so smart!" But adults have another way of complimenting kids that we should also do away with-insulting our own ability by comparing it to"