The gift of failure how the best parents learn to let go so their children can succeed
This manifesto focuses on the critical school years when parents must allow their children to experience the disappointment and frustration that occur from life's inevitable problems so that they can grow up to be successful, resilient, and self-reliant adults. Modern parenting is defined by an...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Harper
2016
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| Edición: | First Harper paperback edition published 2016 |
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| Ver en Biblioteca de la Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca: | https://koha.upsa.es/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=905629 |
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- Introduction: How I learned to let go
- 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
- 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
- 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
