As parents we often become consumed with the idea that every moment of childhood must be geared towards society’s definition of “success.” However, creating such high expectations and micromanaging our children can result in the demise of their lives and have the opposite effect of what we were hoping to achieve. I would like to share this TED talk by Julie Lythcott-Haims about how to raise our kids so that they can thrive and blossom into their best selves.
By loading kids with high expectations and micromanaging their lives at every turn, parents aren't actually helping. At least, that's how Julie Lythcott-Haims sees it. With passion and wry humor, the former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford makes the case for parents to stop defining their children's success via grades and test scores.
