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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The New Meaning of Educational Change, 2025
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Almost Underwear:  How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars
Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars

Written and Illustrated by Jonathan Roth

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