The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Gripping...how can teachers snatch back their critical role and give children the necessary space to fail? They could start by making parents read Lahey." - New York Times Book Review

In the tradition of Paul Tough's How Children Succeed and Wendy Mogel's The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, this groundbreaking parenting manifesto focuses on the critical school years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience the disappointment and frustration that occ...