Originally Posted by doclori
DD5 is still getting the hang of "loving a challenge," but we help her along with the catch phrase, "I am NOT going to give up!" As Dude points out, this is sometimes more helpful for a gymnastics "challenge" than for math, but hey, she's still young.

The problem is that sometimes it's s good idea to "give up" because the attempted challenge is inappropriate or not ultimately beneficial to the challengee. So there's an underlying assumption in the "never give up" approach.