Happier Parents, Happier Kids Pt 1: Your Child Isn't a VIP or a Fragile Vase

Rosy had a packed schedule of lunches, meet-ups and activities -
and she was only three.  Mom Michaeleen Doucleff felt she
couldn't waste a second of her daughter's time. Rosy needed to be
constantly lectured and stimulated if she was going to reach the
Ivy League. 


This style of parenting was exhausting both mother and daughter,
until Michaeleen found that not everyone approaches child-rearing
in this way. She tells Dr Laurie Santos how she forged a happier
and more relaxed relationship with Rosy - that benefited them
both.  


Formed Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims explores how
"overparenting" has taken hold in recent decades and why it needs
to be challenged.   


Further reading:


Michaeleen Doucleff - Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures
Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy Helpful
Humans. 


 Malcolm Harris - Kids These Days: Human Capital and the
Making of Millennials


 Julie Lythcott-Haims - How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of
the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success.


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