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

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: print
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.