{"product_id":"the-gift-of-failure-how-the-best-parents-learn-to-let-go-so-their-children-can-succeed-9780062299253","title":"The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Gripping...how can teachers snatch back their critical role and give children the necessary space to fail? They could start by making parents read Lahey.\" -- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Paul Tough's \u003cem\u003eHow Children Succeed\u003c\/em\u003e and Wendy Mogel's \u003cem\u003eThe Blessing of a Skinned Knee, \u003c\/em\u003ethis groundbreaking manifesto focuses on the critical school years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience the disappointment and frustration that occur from life's inevitable problems so that they can grow up to be successful, resilient, and self-reliant adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern parenting is defined by an unprecedented level of overprotectiveness: parents who rush to school at the whim of a phone call to deliver forgotten assignments, who challenge teachers on report card disappointments, mastermind children's friendships, and interfere on the playing field. As teacher and writer Jessica Lahey explains, even though these parents see themselves as being highly responsive to their children's well being, they aren't giving them the chance to experience failure--or the opportunity to learn to solve their own problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverparenting has the potential to ruin a child's confidence and undermine their education, Lahey reminds us. Teachers don't just teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. They teach responsibility, organization, manners, restraint, and foresight--important life skills children carry with them long after they leave the classroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding a path toward solutions, Lahey lays out a blueprint with targeted advice for handling homework, report cards, social dynamics, and sports. Most importantly, she sets forth a plan to help parents learn to step back and embrace their children's failures. Hard-hitting yet warm and wise, \u003cem\u003eThe Gift of Failure \u003c\/em\u003eis essential reading for parents, educators, and psychologists nationwide who want to help children succeed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLahey, Jessica:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJessica Lahey \u003c\/strong\u003ewrites about education, parenting, and child welfare for\u003cem\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e and is the author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling book, \u003cem\u003eThe Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a member of the Amazon Studios Thought Leader Board and wrote the curriculum for Amazon Kids' \u003cem\u003eThe Stinky and Dirty Show\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Vermont with her husband and two sons.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50608960798994,"sku":"9780062299253","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dd095a67-f2d9-4485-96d9-95bad9692ca8.jpg?v=1732327364","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gift-of-failure-how-the-best-parents-learn-to-let-go-so-their-children-can-succeed-9780062299253","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}