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How to Help Kids Persevere at Hard or Boring Tasks

By Maryam Abdullah | September 2021 | TRT 2:16

By Maryam Abdullah

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Maryam Abdullah, Ph.D., is the Parenting Program Director of the Greater Good Science Center. She is a developmental psychologist with…

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