Disappointments stink!  Unfortunately they are a part of life that no one can avoid so learning how to handle disappointments is an important skill for your kids to develop. Sometimes when children (and even grownups) fail at something, they label themselves a “failure”.   Labels can have a devastating impact on both their self-esteem and their self-confidence.  To keep this from happening, teach your children this 3 step process to develop a mindset for handling disappointment: A 3 Step Process for Handling Disappointment: Step 1. First teach your kids how to separate the disappointment from “who they are” by choosing how they talk about the disappointment.  Let me explain what I mean…