How to Raise an Adult, Julie LythcottHaims
How to Raise an Adult, Julie LythcottHaims
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How to Raise an Adult
Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success

Author: Julie Lythcott-Haims

Narrator: Julie Lythcott-Haims

Unabridged: 12 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/15/2015


Synopsis

New York Times Bestseller!

A provocative manifesto that exposes the harms of helicopter parenting and sets forth an alternate philosophy for raising preteens and teens to self-sufficient young adulthood.

"Julie Lythcott-Haims is a national treasure. . . . A must-read for every parent who senses that there is a healthier and saner way to raise our children." -Madeline Levine, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well

In How to Raise an Adult, Julie 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 dean to highlight the ways in which overparenting harms children, their stressed-out parents, and society at large. While empathizing with the parental hopes and, especially, fears that lead to overhelping, 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 twentysomethings-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.

"For parents who want to foster hearty self-reliance instead of hollow self-esteem, How to Raise an Adult is the right book at the right time." -Daniel H. Pink, author of the New York Times bestsellers Drive and A Whole New Mind

About Julie Lythcott-Haims

Julie Lythcott-Haims is the New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult and Real American. She holds a BA from Stanford, a JD from Harvard Law School, and an MFA from California College of the Arts. She resides in the Bay Area with her partner, their two itinerant young adults, and her mother.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian on February 24, 2016

(4.0) Takes a while to get useful (if you need convincing that overparenting is A Thing, you probably need a lot more than this book), but has many concrete suggestions to better prepare your children for adulthood. Many of these start at toddlerhood or early elementary school, so get started as soo......more

Goodreads review by Maggie on April 03, 2016

It is as if Julie Lythcott-Haims was eves-dropping on every teacher's room in America. This overparenting epidemic has broken down a student's will to persevere and take ownership of his or her own work. As a teacher for the last ten years, I have seen a steady increase in over-involvement which has......more

Goodreads review by Amber on October 19, 2015

I thought this book had sound advice and was well-written. So why am I only giving it three stars? Because most of what the author said was in the "Well, duh" category (e.g., don't write your kids' college essays for them). The book also had a lot of redundancy; the main points could have been suffi......more

Goodreads review by CM on August 11, 2020

I did agree with most of the stuff in this book and although there were a few things for sure that I will take away from it, most of it was pretty obvious. I feel like I just may not be the intended audience for this book. There are not many people that I know or in my neighborhood who raise their c......more

Goodreads review by Chip on July 25, 2017

This book helps me realize that the struggle to raise a responsible adult is not unique to any society. It's happening all over the world. Reading this book, I had that exhilarating feeling that many problems facing upper middle class families in the US can be found in Vietnam: overprotecting parent......more