The Gift of Failure

The Gift of Failure

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 7, Episode 4 , Segment 2

Politics of Home-ownership, Gift of Failure, Parenting Resolutions

Episode: Politics of Home-ownership, Gift of Failure, Parenting Resolutions

  • Jan 4, 2018 5:00 pm
  • 47:13 mins

Jessica Lahey is the author of The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. She is an educator, speaker, and writer. She writes biweekly Parent-Teacher Conference advice column for the New York Times and is a contributor to the Atlantic. What do we learn from failure? Jessica Lahey, suggests that the best parents learn to let go so their children can succeed.