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Let Kids Fail Now to Succeed Later

October 8, 2015 by City Dads Group Leave a Comment

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Few, if any, parents ever said "I want my child not to succeed," but author Jessica Lahey thinks parents these days are too afraid to let their kids fail at even smallest of tasks. But they may be getting the message.

Lahey's latest book The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed is a New York Times national best-seller with its premise that we help our kids develop more resourcefulness, skills and confidence by not constantly running to their rescue and protecting them from adversity and consequences.

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Filed Under: Modern Dads Podcast, parenting styles Tagged With: books, How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jessica Lahey, The Gift of Failure, Whit Honea

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