The gift of failure
Subtitle: how the best parents learn to let go so their children can succeed
By: Jessica Lahey
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780062299239; 9780062299253
Subjects: FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Education; Parenting; Self-reliance in children; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General; Parental overprotection; Early childhood education; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Child Development; Child rearing
Description: Counsels parents of school-aged children on how to overcome tendencies toward overprotectiveness to allow children to develop independence. --Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: how I learned to let go; title: Failure : a most valuable parenting tool. How failure became a dirty word : a brief history of American parenting ; Why parenting for dependence doesn't work : the power of intrinsic motivation ; Less really is more : parenting for autonomy and competence ; Encouragement from the sidelines : the real connection between praise and self-esteem; title: Learning from failure : teaching kids to turn mistakes into success. Household duties : laundry as an opportunity for competence ; Friends : accomplices to failure and the formation of identity ; Sports : losing as an essential childhood experience ; Middle school : prime time for failure ; High school and beyond : toward real independence; title: Succeeding at school : learning from failure is a team effort. Parent-teacher partnerships : how our fear of failure undermines education ; Homework : how to help without taking over ; Grades : the real value of a low score; title: Conclusion : what I've learned from letting go.