A growth mindset is a potent recipe for success. To help kids develop this, mantras and everyday positive affirmation are just your right tools. If your child is struggling with any subject at school, helping them develop a growth mindset will get them almost there as it provides them with the right motivation and push to give it all their possible best until they become great at it. It is a life skill that will help through becoming successful adults.

To help your child develop a growth mindset starts with you understanding what a growth mindset is as a parent and how you can teach it to your child. See our article on How to teach your child to vave a growth mindset .

There are many ways to help your child through this, and mantras and positive affirmations are the most effective tools, especially for kids. A defeatist attitude is common during childhood, most kids feel pessimistic about themselves and their academic ability, especially if other kids around them seems to be doing exceedingly better. They tend to start forming a self-identity, they start limiting themselves and drawing conclusions about their abilities.

So, first, as a parent, a great way to address these social and emotional needs is to help them develop a positive self-image and conception to help them believe in themselves and beat defeatist attitudes. I can do this, I am smart. I can understand anything, nothing is too hard for me to do, I am brilliant, I will get this, and many other positive words are all ways to plant a growth mindset in your child’s subconscious. Then help them back it up with action steps every day and motivate them to work hard.

Here are some 30 growth mindset mantras for you kids.

• The expert in everything was once a beginner 

• Learning takes time 

• Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn

• Mistakes make your brain grow 

• I am not perfect I am learning

• You are amazing 

• Today I will try something new

• I can do difficult things

• Where there is a will, there is a way 

• A challenge exercises your brain  

• Asking for help does not limit you or reduce your virtues 

• Limits exist only in your mind 

• Practice makes me perfect

• I am intelligent

• I am not quitting this until I get it right

• There is a space at the top for you 

• I will always try my best

• I can learn new strategies and ways of doing things 

• No one is too small or too big to help 

• Be grateful for everything you have and for the ones you do not have

• Nothing is too hard, I can do it

• I stretch myself to see how much I can do

• I can always try again

• If I fall, I get back up again

• I am a problem solver, even if it takes time.

• I let go of the habits and fears that limit me

• I am a fantastic learner

• If I struggle, I just need more practice

• If I cannot do something, it is because I have not learned it yet