#259 The Gift of Failure with Jessica Lahey

Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families · May 4, 2021 · 17m · transcript

Topics discussed in this episode:

Parents are shoving obstacles out of their children's way, hoping it will help them avoid failure

Depriving kids of learning opportunities

Why parents insist on taking over?

Directive parenting

Competition in parenting

Parental investment

How do we overcome this?

Do I want _ now or do I want a child who can do _ well later?

Thinking long term

Jessica Lahey - Author of the New York Times Best Seller 'The Gift of Failure'

Tim Harford, Adapt

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