The Gift of Failure : : how the Best Parents Learn to let go so Their Children can Succeed
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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.
Counsels parents of school-aged children on how to overcome tendencies toward overprotectiveness to allow children to develop independence. --Publisher's description.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: xxvii, 272 pages ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780062299239
0062299239
SUBJECTS
Self-reliance in children.
Child rearing -- United States.
Parenting -- United States.
Parental overprotection.
Early childhood education -- United States.