Ministry of Education, Guyana

“Five minutes till clean-up party time! Choose your songs now!”

“I don’t like this rice, anymore. It has green things on it,” my preschooler said. She had eaten that exact rice almost every week and often asked for seconds. But as my daughter became more independent each day, she began to relish in her new decision-making skills. More foods were crossed off the menu by my newfound picky-eater.

Grit involves sticking with something until you succeed. It’s another word for perseverance and resilience, and it gives us the strength to try, try, try again.