
How to Raise an Adult
Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success
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Julie Lythcott-Haims
A provocative manifesto that exposes the harms of helicopter parenting and sets forth an alternate philosophy for raising preteens and teens to self-sufficient young adulthood.
In How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims draws on research; on conversations with admissions officers, educators, and employers; and on her own insights as a mother and as a student dean to highlight the ways in which overparenting harms children, their stressed-out parents, and society at large. While empathizing with the parental hopes and, especially, fears that lead to overhelping, Lythcott-Haims offers practical alternative strategies that underline the importance of allowing children to make their own mistakes and develop the resilience, resourcefulness, and inner determination necessary for success.
Relevant to parents of toddlers as well as of 20-somethings - and of special value to parents of teens - this audiobook is a rallying cry for those who wish to ensure that the next generation can take charge of their own lives with competence and confidence.
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Parenting book if you only read one
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Easy read. Heavy subject.
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Great book, but it could have half of its lenght
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so great for parents of kids
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Oxygen for parents that were thinking that something has to change
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Insightful and timely
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worth to listen for future stories
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JUST A LITTLE PUSH
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Every parent today should read this book.
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Julie, you need to do a TED talk if you haven't already.
SORELY NEEDED ADVICE FOR "PERFECT" PARENTS.
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