#381: Why You Should Let Your Kids Fail

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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If you’re a parent, you likely want your kid to flourish and succeed. And according to my guest today, the best way to do that is to let your kid fail. Her name is Jessica Lahey and she’s a teacher and the author of the book, "The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed." Today on the show, Jess gives us a quick overview of the history of parenting in America and why it’s gotten more protective and more involved in the past few decades. We then discuss the many downsides of helicopter parenting and why letting your kids fail is so important for their long-term development. Jessica then gets into the nitty gritty of areas where you should let your kid experience failure and how to make sure these failures become learning experiences. Get the show notes at aom.is/giftoffailure

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:13.9	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:14.9	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.1	If you're a parent, you'd like to be one your kid to flourish and succeed.
0:21.1	And according to my guest today, the best way to do that is to let your kid fail.
0:24.5	Her name is Jessica Leihy and she's a teacher in the author of the book, The Gift of Failure.
0:28.3	Now the best parents learn to let go so that children can succeed.
0:31.4	Today on the show, Jessica gives us a quick overview of the history of parenting in America
0:34.6	and why it's gotten more productive and why it's gotten more protective and more involved
0:38.2	in the past few decades.
0:39.4	We then discuss the many downsides of helicopter parenting and why letting your kid's
0:42.9	fail is so important for the long-term development.
0:45.6	Jessica then gets to the nitty-gritty of areas where you should let your kid experience failure,
0:48.9	and then make sure those failures become learning experiences.
0:51.7	After the show's over, check out the show notes at aawm.is slash gift of failure.
0:56.0	Jessica Leihy, welcome to the show.
1:10.5	Thank you so much for having me.
1:12.1	So you published a book called The Gift of Failure.
1:15.2	How the best parents learn to let go so their children can succeed.
1:19.4	The backstory behind this book is interesting because you're a middle school teacher.
1:22.9	God bless you.
1:24.0	You're tasked with shepherding these kids into competent adulthood.
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