Autonomy-supportive parenting allows children to actively participate in their own life, rather than simply following a parent's lead.Jessica Lahey
In fact, the stumbles, trips, and falls our kids endure while navigating challenges provide them with valuable opportunities to learn, grow, and mature.Jessica Lahey
Our job as parents is to teach our children how to fail well: how to respond to adversity in ways that are productive, that teach resilience, optimism, humility, how to learn from defeat.Jessica Lahey
Education in general, and education reform in particular, need to return the focus to the process of learning, and more important, the love of learning, rather than the rote acquisition of knowledge.Jessica Lahey
True educators do not teach for the results of a test; they teach for the lifelong love of learning.Jessica Lahey
Perfection is not only unattainable; it’s also a pretty undesirable goal.Jessica Lahey
Give yourself permission to step away, and the world will continue, unimpeded, in its orbit around the sun.Jessica Lahey
Overparenting denies children the opportunity to learn from their about mistakes and failures, thereby robbing them of the skills and confidence necessary to succeed in the wider worldJessica Lahey
Protective, directive intervention on a parent’s part merely inhibits a child’s development and prevents him from developing important problem-solving and frustration-management skillsJessica Lahey
By manipulating every aspect of children’s lives to steer them toward success, we have failed to prepare them for inevitable setbacks and, even worse, the reality of their individual strengths and weaknessesJessica Lahey