How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results

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The creator of the Palo Alto High School Media Arts Program in California, Wojcicki’s pedagogical approaches have been adopted by schools around the world.

Unfortunately polls are showing that another result of helicopter parenting is a decrease in compassion. Jei reiktų trumpai apibūdinti, apie ką knyga, tai sakyčiau, kad apie tai, kaip vadovaujantis tam tikru požiūriu, ar taisyklėmis, sėkmingai pasiekti savo tikslus, gyventi su prasme ir būti gerais žmonėmis.

There are no down and dirty secrets, though she does have some good advice and examples of things that she has done with her own children or students. It's about not letting your own definition of success/your goals/your ambitions get in the way of your kid's life. Drawing on the poignant real-life experiences of her own family, as well as those of her students, these blinks show you how you can excel at the most important job you’ll ever have: raising the next generation.

First, the good: There is some valuable advice in these pages, and I particularly appreciated the focus on parents working through their own trauma and the chapter on trusting your kids. Woj doesn't cite everything in the book as it's mentioned but there is an appendix and that makes it super easy to read without feeling lost or that you need a child development degree or more. I find that they are either written by people who aren't parents or people who tell you there's one right way. Raising your children with values in mind rather than specific goals, values like kindness, gratitude, self-respect, and independence, can actually go farther to helping them achieve in life than pushing them to follow a certain path. There was a little more acknowledgement that sometimes punishment is necessary, which I felt was missing from the first two sections.When she needed them to eat their fruits and veggies, rather than simply telling them to do so she would give them a choice between the two and let them pick, thus helping to teach them that they had the power to make their own choices, while still being a responsible parent. How to Raise Successful People by Esther Wojcicki is a parenting guide packed with practical tips and insights on how to cultivate independent and self-directed individuals. Skamba kažkaip labai self-helpiškai, bet Esther Wojcicki rašo tikrai nuoširdžiai, dalinasi pavyzdžiais iš darbo mokykloje su vaikais, taip pat pasakoja, kaip augino savo dukras, kokiais principais vadovavosi ir, kas iš to išėjo. She just said it is better to stay together, then gives her daughter as a counterexample that maybe divorce is necessary sometimes, undermining her entire premise up to this point.

That section could have been eliminated without an issue and I'm surprised an editor didn't step in and say so. If kids believe that if they fail at something it means they’ll never get better, then they’ll never try again after a failure. At the tender age of five, her father told her that boys were more important than girls, and her upbringing reflected this attitude. One of the most important lessons you can instill in your child is that failure is itself part of success.Although she lectures other parents that kindness is more important, throughout the book she keeps giving examples of kids in her class who rose to great success because of her program, or at least rose to a status above that of their family.

I always mean to read parenting books but then when it comes down to it they are not as much fun as novels or other nonfiction! Her children; Anne (co-founder and CEO of 23andMe), Janet, a Fulbright-winning anthropologist, and Susan, YouTube’s CEO, are a testament to her wisdom as a parent. Chang is the CEO of WeeCare, a platform that helps caregivers start "curriculum-based home daycares.

I also liked her suggestion of really thinking about your own childhood and using experiences from your own childhood to more purposely parent your own children. Small stories of the form "this person such and such had a big problem that nobody could figure out. The danger that comes with not respecting your child’s goals and choices is that you risk alienating your child.