How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed

In 2013, The Atlantic published Jessica Lahey's eye-opening and provocative essay, "Why Parents Need to Let Their Children Fail." Within days, the piece had been shared tens of thousands of times across all the social media sites, as well as hundreds of blogs. Clearly Lahey's piece struck a chord. Let our children fail? Is she crazy? Or could this really be the secret to success later in life?

In THE GIFT OF FAILURE, Lahey explains not only why parents need to trust teachers and begin handing over the reins to their children, but how to do it. From how to cope with homework headaches and report card disappointments to the special challenges involved with social pressures and sports, Lahey outlines the broader philosophical approach as well as the specific advice to get through the day-to-day. She explains why it's important to embrace opportunities for failure in the critical middle-school years, and then how to ensure children learn from the mistakes and setbacks that are unavoidable in life. It is this last piece of the parenting puzzle that is the greatest gift we can give to future generations.

In the tradition of Paul Tough's How Children Succeed, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman's NurtureShock, Madeline Levine's The Price of Privilege, and Wendy Mogel's The Blessings of a Skinned Knee, THE GIFT OF FAILURE is a groundbreaking book that every parent and educator will flock to read.

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Jessica Lahey is a former English, Latin, and writing teacher who writes about education and parenting for The New York Times and The Atlantic, among others. She has appeared on Today, MSNBC, Fox & Friends, HuffPost Live, The Takeaway, and Radio Boston.

www.jessicalahey.com

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