“The Gift Of Failure” With Jessica Lahey

Jessica Lahey — author of “The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed” — joins Michael as he continues to tap into the most creative and respected thinkers addressing the growing phenomenon of over-parenting in America. Lahey, a middle-school teacher and the mother of two, realized she was making the same mistakes as the parents of many of her students — which drove her on her quest for actionable intelligence to set her own kids up for success — and ours too. On this episode she shares that intelligence, including some techniques that will require parents to step back in ways they never have before, in order to enhance their children’s autonomy, competence, and confidence.

 

Michael Schulder: From a Researcher at ABC News; To a Writer at The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour on PBS; To my five years as a Writer for Peter Jennings at ABC World News Tonight; And 17 years as a Senior Executive Producer at CNN.

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