If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. The results suggest there may be value in letting children see you sweat. "Showing children that hard work works might encourage them to work hard too," researchers conclude in a report released Thursday by the journal Science. For the other, success came easily, within just 10 seconds, and she demonstrated the answer three times in 30 seconds. Across the three experiments, children consistently pressed the button more often if they'd seen the researcher struggle than if she had solved her tasks easily.

Source: ABC News September 21, 2017 18:11 UTC