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The gift of failure : how the best parents learn to let go so their children can succeed Cover Image Book

The gift of failure : how the best parents learn to let go so their children can succeed / Jessica Lahey.

Lahey, Jessica, (author.).

Summary:

Counsels parents of school-aged children on how to overcome tendencies toward overprotectiveness to allow children to develop independence. --Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0062299239
  • ISBN: 0062299255
  • ISBN: 9780062299239
  • ISBN: 9780062299253
  • Physical Description: xxvii, 272 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: how I learned to let go -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Conclusion : what I've learned from letting go.

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Subject: Child rearing > United States.
Early childhood education > United States.
Parental overprotection.
Parenting > United States.
Self-reliance in children.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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