In some cultures, children are often told that they can achieve anything if they try hard enough. What are the advantages and disadvantages of giving children this message ?

We are living in a society which makes us believe that we can reach everything we want

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if we only try hard enough.

This

mentality

is brought to us by the media and the entertainment industry and is especially widespread among

children

. Despite the fact, that

this

way

of thinking might have a positive impact on them there are

also

drawbacks to

this

attitude.

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essay will examine the advantages and disadvantages of the ‚everything is possible mentalitymentality‘ and will provide a logical conclusion. Starting by looking at the advantages, one major plus point is that

this

way

of thinking leads to a positive attitude in

children

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minds, especially when dealing with difficult tasks. It will help them to stay strong and to keep

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faith, even though they are afraid to fail. Take a young girl, who just started practising riding a bike as an example. As

this

girl had never ridden a bike before, she is very miserable in it

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and might stumble and fall very often. These failures and mistakes will prove themself as very motivating to her and might even up in result

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she

wants

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to give up. But if she was trained to have a positive

mentality

about it she won't give up and reach her goal eventually .

Therefore

,

this

way

of thinking, despite the actual outcome, is in some situations the only

way

to continue working

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On the other hand

, can

this

mentality

also

mislead some

Children

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believing that they can reach something which there will actually never be able to achieve out of personal or financial reasons

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And

this

will have a negative Impact on the Child's self-esteem and mental health. For ,

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will a little boy who has absolutely no talent for singing never ends up being the

next

superstar. ,

Nevertheless

will

this

little boy continue practising and maybe even participating in contests and performances, because he is assured of his talents. After ,

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he will sooner or later learn, the hard

way

, that society thinks differently

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a public negative critic or laughter. To sum up, there are both positives and negatives to the

mentality

that

children

can achieve everything they set their mind to if they just work hard enough. In my

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this

way

of thinking is beneficial for many

children

as it set up a strong motivation and willpower.

However

, does

this

unfortunately not match

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every situation and

therefore

might just end up in frustrations, low self-esteem and depression.

Therefore

is it important to teach

children

what is and what is not likely to be achieved

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