The Gift of Failure:  How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, 2016

The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, 2016

The author defines modern parenting as a state of overprotectiveness.  Parents see themselves as being highly responsive to their children’s well-being; however, they aren’t giving children the chance to experience failure or the opportunity to solve their own problems.  Instead, Lahey sets forth a plan to help parents learn to step back and embrace their children’s setbacks along with their success.  A great book to recommend for parents!

Reviewed by Carol Campbell, PhD

Vice President for Education

Southwestern Union Conference

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Project-based Learning in the First Year:  Beyond All Expectations (2019)
Project-based Learning in the First Year: Beyond All Expectations (2019)

Editors:  Kristin Wobbe and Elisabeth A. Stoddard

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The Purposes of Education:  A Conversation Between John Hattie and Steen Nepper Larsen, 2020
The Purposes of Education: A Conversation Between John Hattie and Steen Nepper Larsen, 2020

Authors:  John Hattie and Steen Nepper Larsen

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