The gift of failure : how the best parents learn to let go so their children can succeed / Jessica Lahey.
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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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Erwin Public Library | 649.7 Lah (Text) | 33631001558934 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| 250 | . | ‡aFirst edition | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York, NY : ‡bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, ‡c[2015] | |
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