“A different kind of list entirely is Colleges That Change Lives, a short list bearing the names of only forty very small schools utterly focused on building the kind of living and learning communities in which undergraduates engage in rigorous… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“Dweck’s website, mindsetonline.com, teaches a step-by-step approach to developing “growth mindset.”15” — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share Image
