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This episode is the third in a series of episodes that discuss the book How to Raise an Adult (Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success) by Julie Lythcott-Haims, an award-winning former dean of freshmen and undergraduate advising at Stanford University.
Today’s discussion focuses on the possibility that parents may be viewing their children’s accomplishments as a reflection of the parent. Parents may do things for their children because parents want things to be “good and comfortable.” Unfortunately, as Ms. Lythcott-Haims says, “[t]hat isn’t the reality of the world we’re preparing them for.”
The remainder of the episode is devoted to a list of various life skills that are appropriate for parents to teach children in various age groups. I finish the discussion with a list of life skills that I think are extremely important for young adults (i.e., college freshmen or high school graduates) to know and be able to take care of alone in order to succeed in the next stage of life.
I mentioned a few resources in the podcast episode. Here are links to those items.
This is the book I referred to in the podcast.
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If you missed the first two episodes in this series about overparenting, here are the links:
Part 2: What is Our Message? | How to Raise an Adult
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Until next time,
Happy Practicing!
—– Paula —–
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