How Children Succeed: Confidence, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character Lena Dunham John Porter was involved in

John Porter was involved in a hostage raid in Lebanon in 1989

Enemies roam everywhere

Divorced and cut off from his family

#1 New York Times best-selling author Gabrielle Bernstein charts a path to heal trauma

control atmospheric perspective

How Children Succeed: Confidence, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character Lena Dunham John Porter was involved inWhy do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: Success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in "How Children Succeed," Paul Tough argues for a very different understanding of what makes a successful child. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, economics, and psychology, Tough shows that the qualities that