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What's behind America's insistence on instilling grit in kids?

  • Written by Paige Gray, Visiting Assistant Professor, Fort Lewis College
imageSome say coddled kids need to be taught how to persevere through setbacks and disappointments.'Flower' via www.shutterstock.com

In the same way that actual grit accumulates in the cracks and crevices of the landscape, our cultural insistence on possessing grit has gradually come to the forefront of child-rearing and education reform.

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