Lythcott-Haims, Julie, author.

How to raise an adult [electronic book] : break free of the overparenting trap and prepare your kid for success / Julie Lythcott-Haims.

New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2015.

First edition.

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Drawing on her experience as Stanford University's dean of freshmen, the author, revealing the harms of over-parenting, offers practical strategies that stress the importance of allowing children to make their own mistakes and develop the resilience, resourcefulness and determination necessary to succeed.

Electronic books.

Parenting.

Parental overprotection.

Parent and child.

Family & relationships -- Parenting -- General.

Family & relationships -- Life Stages -- Teenagers.

Parenting.

Parental overprotection.

Parent and child.

OverDrive, Inc.

Break free of the overparenting trap and prepare your kid for success

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Format: Adobe EPUB eBook

Format: Kindle Book

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What we're doing now. Keeping them safe and sound ; Providing opportunity ; Being there for them ; Succumbing to the college admissions arms race ; To what end? -- Why we must stop overparenting. Our kids lack basic life skills ; They've been psychologically harmed ; They're becoming "study drug" addicts ; We're hurting their job prospects ; Overparenting stresses us out, too ; The college admission process is broken -- Another way. The case for another way ; give them unstructured time ; Teach life skills ; Teach them how to think ; Prepare them for hard work ; Let them chart their own path ; Normalize struggle ; Have a wider mind-set about colleges ; Listen to them -- Daring to parent differently. Reclaim your self ; Be the parent you want to be.

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