Well done!

Praise is good, and if you have praised someone today, encouraging them to excel in something they have been trying to do, you are to be praised.

But always make sure your praise is sincere. Make sure you have identified something the person has done well. It might be just one of ten steps in a process, but make sure to identify specifically what they have done well.

False praise for things they have not done well will not help. If they believe it, they will continue doing substandard work instead of trying harder to do better. If they don’t believe it, they will feel uneasy that you are calling attention to something they know was not good enough.

Praise and praise sincerely. You do it for your kids; now do it for others.