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Lahey, Jessica, author.

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

First edition.

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]

xxvii, 272 pages ; 24 cm

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

Self-reliance in children.

Child rearing -- United States.

Parenting -- United States.

Parental overprotection.

Early childhood education -- United States.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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