Jessica Lahey on Parenting, Desirable Difficulties, The Gift of Failure, Self-Efficacy, and The Addiction Inoculation (#553)
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Jessica Lahey on Parenting, Desirable Difficulties, The Gift of Failure, Self-Efficacy, and The Addiction Inoculation (#553)
Esther's ’TRICK’ acronym is a great one to remember: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, Kindness.
parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, seek new strategies, and keep on learning.
Parents most important role being: "preparing [our kids] to navigate and build their Tomorrow."
After thousands of hours conversing, I came to the conclusion that if we had one thing to watch out and nurture, the pillar of it all, the one precious trait that has been mistreated for way too long while being at the core of any human initiative... See more