Untangling Overparenting (with Jessica Lahey)
Figuring out how to step back in a culture of involvement is hard but doable. Christine chats with educator and author Jessica Lahey about letting go of control, how ignoring the grade portal actually encourages learning, how lovingly stepping back doesn’t have to feel like walking away, and more.
LINKS/RELATED EPISODES:
- Minimalist Parenting (our book)
- Jessica Lahey | The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed + The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence
- #AmWriting (podcast by Jessica Lahey & KJ Dell’Antonia)
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
- Backstory on The Stinky & Dirty show
- When Perfect Isn’t Good Enough by Martin M. Antony & Richard P. Swinson
- Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy, and Fulfilling Lives by Rachel Simmons
- Helping A Perfectionist Child Worry Less and Do More by Jessica Lahey
- How to Parent and Teach Perfectionist Kids (Jessica’s YouTube video)
- The One Thing You Can Do When the Homework Is Killing You All by KJ Dell’Antonia
- The Downside of Checking Kids’ Grades Constantly by Jessica Lahey
- Raising Teenagers (with Mary Dell Harrington)
- Simple + Compassionate Parenting Tactics (with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson)
- Supporting Kids Through Continued Uncertainty & Stress (with Dr. Lisa Damour)
- Raising Differently Wired Kids (with Debbie Reber)
- How To Improve Communication with Kids (with Ned Johnson)
- Raising Functional + Kind Kids (with Catherine Newman)
- How To Raise Kids To Be Thrivers (with Dr. Michele Borba)
- The Addiction Inoculation (with Jessica Lahey)
- Modeling Imperfection
