Praise be to the lord
On average children need 9 positives to outweigh any 1 negative. I know this from first-hand experience coaching young boys in Rugby from the age of 6 to 13. We used the technique of only building strengths. Lucky for us, Rugby Union has a position for any lad however small, short, fast, slow, lumbering they were. We never criticised, or fed back what they weren’t doing, just positives. And it worked. As adults we need 5 positives to outweigh a negative. In some cultures this requires many more particularly in…
