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The Tim Ferriss Show

#553: Jessica Lahey on Parenting, Desirable Difficulties, The Gift of Failure, Self-Efficacy, and The Addiction Inoculation

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🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Jessica Lahey on Parenting, Desirable Difficulties, The Gift of Failure, Self-Efficacy, and The Addiction Inoculation | Brought to you by Wealthfront automated investing and Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement.

Jessica Lahey (@jesslahey) is the author of the New York Times bestselling book The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. Over twenty years, Jessica has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont. She currently serves as a recovery coach at Sana at Stowe, a medical detox and recovery center in Stowe, Vermont, where 100 percent of her salary goes to a scholarship fund for young adults.

Jessica writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington PostThe New York Times, and The Atlantic, is a book critic for Air Mail, and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids’ award-winning The Stinky and Dirty Show. She co-hosts the #AmWriting podcast with bestselling authors KJ Dell’Antonia and Sarina Bowen from her house in Vermont, where she lives with her husband, two sons, and a lot of dogs.

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Hello, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen. This is Tim Ferris and welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show. I'm going to keep my preamble short, bipolar request.

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My guest today is Jessica Leihy that's L-A-H-E-Y. You can find her on Twitter at Jess Leihy. She is the author of the New York Times Best Align Book, The Gift of Failure, one of my favorite titles of all time. Subtitle, How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, and The Addiction Inoculation. Subtitle, Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependents.

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Over 20 years, Jess has taught every grade from 6 to 12 in both public and private schools and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont.

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She currently serves as a recovery coach at Santa, at Stowe, a medical detox and recovery center in Stowe, Vermont, where 100% of her salary goes to a scholarship fund for young adults.

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