“The point is to prepare the kid for the road, instead of preparing the road for the kid,” -Julie Lythcott-Haims, the former dean of freshmen at Stanford University and author of "How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success."
We have reached a new level of parenting distinction: the snowplow (or lawn mower) parent: those who will ensure their child faces no obstacles in life. But for how long, and to what end? Read this shocking article in USA Today showing just how many parents continue to run their children's lives even through college and into adulthood. Parents - Let your children fail. It will be the single most important thing you do to help them. But parents are not the only ones to blame. Schools contribute to an obsession with grades and accolades to the extent that students care not about learning or growing, but about achieving and have become so afraid to not be exemplary, they are ruining their lives. This article in The Atlantic has taken a look at how the drive for success is breeding failure.
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