'Lazy', 'messy', 'smart': How labels affect a child's personality development Words have a direct impact on the formation of a child's identity. By labeling children, for example categorizing them as "lazy" or "clever," we may actually be doing them a disservice. We might see ourselves as benevolent architects of their future, but we might, involuntarily, be holding them back.
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