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Author Lahey, Jessica.

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

Publication Info. New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  649.7 LAHEY    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  649.7 LAHEY    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  649.7 LAHEY    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Parent Collection  CG 649.7 LAHEY    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  649.7 LAHEY    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department  PARENTING 649 LAH    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  649.7 LAH    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  649 LAH    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  649.1 LAHEY    DUE 07-20-16 Billed
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  JPS 649.1 LAHEY    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xxvii, 272 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-259) and index.
Summary Counsels parents of school-aged children on how to overcome tendencies toward overprotectiveness to allow children to develop independence. --Publisher's description.
Contents 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.
Subject Self-reliance in children.
Child rearing -- United States.
Parenting -- United States.
Parental overprotection.
Early childhood education -- United States.
Child rearing.
Early childhood education.
Parenting.
United States.
ISBN 9780062299239 (hardback)
0062299239 (hardback)
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