How to Raise an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims
Across a decade as Stanford University's dean of freshmen, Julie Lythcott-Haims noticed a startling rise in parental involvement in students' lives. Every year, more parents were exerting control over students' academic work, extracurricular, and career choices, taking matters into their own hands rather than risk their child's failure or disappointment. Meanwhile, Lythcott-Haims encountered increasing numbers of students who, as a result of hyper attentive parenting, lacked a strong sense of self and were poorly equipped to handle the demands of adult life. In How to Raise an Adult, 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 clean to highlight the ways in which over parenting harms children and their stressed-out parents, and our society at large. While empathising with the parental hopes and, especially, fears that lead to over helping, 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 twenty something's and of special value to parents of teens - this book 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.How to Raise an Adult, by Julie Lythcott-Haims, is a New York Times bestseller book. She graduated from Stanford University with a BA, Harvard Law School with a JD, and California College of the Arts with an MFA in writing. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband, their two teenagers, and her mother, and is a member of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781250093639 |
| ISBN 10 | 1250093635 |
| Title | How to Raise an Adult |
| Author | Julie Lythcott-Haims |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Griffin Publishing |
| Year published | 2016-08-02 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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