“In 2000, a German researcher named Andreas Schleicher developed the Program for International Student Assessment test (PISA) to help nations determine whether their teenagers had the thinking skills necessary to succeed in the twenty-first century at college, in the workplace,… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share Image
“Send your kid to a summer camp focused on free play. One such place is Gever Tulley’s Tinkering School—a sleepover summer camp in Half… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
“Educators and psychologists have a mantra these days: No matter how hectic the schedules of your family members may be, make time to have… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
“cultivation of a willingness to defy, debunk, or just plain old disappoint one’s parents, that is the absolute precondition, now more than ever, for… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
“Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg has written a comprehensive and perhaps definitive text on building resilience in children—Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
“Jessica Lahey, teacher, writer for The Atlantic and New York Times, and author of The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
“As Denise Pope outlined in “Doing School,” kids today have tremendous pressure to simply get the work done—to “do school”—rather than to learn. They… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
“Read Hanna Rosin’s 2014 article “The Overprotected Kid”7 about one such place in the United Kingdom called “The Land” and think about how to… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
“In 2000, a German researcher named Andreas Schleicher developed the Program for International Student Assessment test (PISA) to help nations determine whether their teenagers… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
“That I expect them to break the rules and to climb up to the highest branch and saw it off behind them. I tell… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
“Our definition of neglect has stretched to prevent parents from determining when their children are ready for even a modest amount of autonomy, and… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
“Educator Jennifer Fox, author of Your Child’s Strengths: A Guide for Parents and Teachers, would agree. In her book she explains that you can… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
“Dweck’s website, mindsetonline.com, teaches a step-by-step approach to developing “growth mindset.”15” — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
“The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way, Amanda Ripley explains that around the world the kids whose parents engaged… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
“The mountain climber takes pride in planting his flag at the top because it took a lot to get there. If he took a… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
“Over time, from trial and error, and one experience after another, you start to become more familiar with yourself. You learn what excites you,… — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share
