How It Became Taboo to Tell Your Kid ‘Good Job’

From Bloomberg: Praising children’s effort, not their outcome or ability, has become a parenting rule. It’s a sign of data-driven advice going too far

May 2, 2022

| By Emily Oster

When I was a kid, you heard “Good job” quite a lot. Successful double in little league? “Good job!” 93% on a math test? “Good job!” In contrast, the phrase “Good effort” was reserved for … lesser things. You struck out but … you tried hard. That’s a good effort, but not a good job.…

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