Don't tell the kids what to do all the time.

Give them an opportunity to come up with their own ideas.

Hello and welcome. I'm Shane Parrish and you're listening to the Knowledge Project,

a podcast dedicated to mastering the best what other people have already figured out.

I'm going to help you better understand yourself from the world around you by exploring the ideas,

methods, mental models, and hard-fought lessons learned from some of the most outstanding people in the world.

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Today I'm talking with Esther Wigziski, the godmother of Silicon Valley.

Esther's a legendary teacher and educator, mother of the super family, and wrote a book on how to raise successful people.

In this conversation we define success, explore why so many seemingly external successful people are unhappy.

Reveal her time-tested methods for raising happy, healthy, successful kids, using trust, respect, independence, collaboration, and kindness, trick.

Learn about a website you can use to find age-appropriate media for your kids, explore the various roles in bringing up a child between parents, teachers, and grandparents,

and discuss how to teach critical thinking and so much more. It's time to listen and learn.

The knowledge project is sponsored by Medalab. For a decade, Medalab has helped some of the world's top companies and entrepreneurs build products that millions of people use every day.

You probably didn't realize it at the time, but odds are you've used an app that they've helped design or build.

Apps like Slack, Coinbase, Facebook Messenger, Oculus, Lonely Planet, and many more.

Medalab wants to bring their unique design philosophy to your project.

Let them take your brainstorm and turn it into the next billion dollar app from idea sketched on the back of an Appkin to a final ship product.

Check them out at medalab.co. That's medalab.co. And when you get in touch, tell them Shane's saying you.

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