Helping Children Succeed

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In his international bestseller<i>How Children Succeed,</i>Paul Tough introduced us to research showing that personal qualities like perseverance, self-control and conscientiousness play a critical role in childrens success. Now, in<i>Helping Children Succeed,</i>he outlines the practical steps that adults from parents and teachers to policymakers and philanthropists can take to improve the chances of every child, however adverse their circumstances. And he mines the latest research in psychology and neuroscience to show how creating the right environments, both at home and at school, can instil personal qualities vital for future success.

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Paul Toughs previous book,<i>How Children Succeed</i>,<i></i>spent more than a year on the<i>New York Times</i>hardcover and paperback bestseller lists and was translated into 27 lan­guages. He is a contributing writ­er to the<i>New York Times Magazine</i>and a reg­ular contributor to the public-radio programme<i>This American Life.</i>You can learn more about his work at paultough.com and follow him on Twitter: @paultough.

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