34: How to Raise an Adult

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Raising Tweens & Teens

Dr. Lisa Damour/Reena Ninan

Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Parenting, Mental Health

4.7 • 822 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

How do you prepare kids for life in the real world? Author Julie Lythcott-Haims joins Lisa and Reena for a conversation on the non-academic skills your children need to succeed as they move into young adulthood. Julie spent more than a decade at Stanford University, some of that time as the dean of first-year students. The women talk about how to discuss race with our children, the different chores kids should take on as they age, and the critical importance of having real responsibilities at home. Julie describes the power of positive parenting and talks about her brand-new book Your Turn: How to Be an Adult. Enter to win one of two copies being given away by the @asklisapodcast of Julie’s new book Your Turn: How to Be an Adult. 1. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and/or LinkedIn @asklisapodcast ⁠ 2. Tag a friend and leave a comment (on Instagram/Facebook/LinkedIn)⁠ 3. Enter as many times as you'd like⁠ 4. For U.S. residents only⁠ ⁠(Give-away is not sponsored or endorsed by Instagram/Facebook/LinkedIn. It will close at 11:59 p.m. EST on 4/12/21. Winners will be chosen at random and will be notified within 24 hours of the end of the give-away. Books will be mailed to the winners.) Additional resources: https://www.drlisadamour.com/ Ask Lisa is produced by: Www.GoodTroubleProductions.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is Ask Lisa, a podcast to help people understand the psychology of parenting, now in the midst of a pandemic.
0:12.9	Psychologist Dr. Lisa DeMore, author of two New York Times bestselling parenting books, takes your questions.
0:19.5	And I'm co-host, Rina Ninan, a journalist and mom of two.
0:23.7	Some of what we talk about comes from raising children ourselves. Most of the time, I'll be getting
0:28.5	answers to your parenting questions. So send your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.Lisademore.com.
0:36.1	Episode 34, How to Raise an Adult, a conversation with author Julie Lithcott Hames.
0:45.3	Now, I'm excited about this one.
0:47.6	Julie Lithcott Hames is joining us today.
0:50.4	She's a New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult, which led to her TED Talk now viewed more than five million times.
0:57.8	Her second book is an award-winning prose poetry memoir, Real American.
1:01.9	It illustrates her experience as a black and biracial person in white spaces.
1:06.3	But her latest book out just this week is called Your Turn, How to Be an Adult. She was also in a previous
1:13.2	life, a corporate lawyer, and at Stanford, the dean of freshman. Hey, Julie, welcome. Thank you so much.
1:19.6	It's great to be with you. We are thrilled to have you with us. So actually, let's talk for a
1:24.8	minute about your new book. What a great topic. Tell us about it.
1:29.3	This book is a response to the pleas coming out of the millennial generation. I don't know how to
1:36.1	adult. I don't want to adult. I'm scared to adult. I have been rooting for this batch of
1:42.2	young folks to make their way confidently down the path of their choosing for a long, long time.
1:49.4	And this book is me trying to simulate what it's like to be in a safe, cozy conversational space with a trusted person who's just older and a little bit farther down
2:03.4	the path of life than you. So it's a compassionate offering to a generation of young folks
2:08.2	who I'm totally rooting for. And who you've worked very closely with, you know, in Stanford and
2:14.1	you know this population well. And you're also a mom, right, Julie? I am. I have a 21-year-old
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Lisa Damour/Reena Ninan, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Lisa Damour/Reena Ninan and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.