Some of the best things about being a mum are all the new things your start to discover about yourself. You can multi-multi task, you have more patience that you didn’t know was even possible and you can play imaginatively for hours on end with a cardboard box, to name a few. But within being a mum you can also be at risk of losing yourself and your own interests and continued learning.
As a primary school teacher I’ve spent recent years looking at and researching how having a growth mindset can have a big impact on children’s attitude to learning new things. In short, growth mindset is all about having an attitude of patience, enthusiasm and above all resilience. Knowing that trying something new can be worthwhile but also knowing that it’s ok to make mistakes along the way and that in the end perseverance will lead to achievement.
As busy mums we often forget about our own continuous learning and the passions we have. It’s important to remember that you are still you and you need to work on yourself as well as helping your little one develop. If your little one grows up seeing you have a strong, hard-working and resilient attitude towards tasks and projects they will learn life-long lessons of having the right attitude and experiences and develop their own mindset towards growth and self worth.
Being Mum, Being Me 