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Slack.com slash DHQ. You say that parents need to give their kids agency. What do you mean

by that? There's a parenting agenda that says, I'm going to help my kid learn to cope with

life. I'm so concerned that what we're doing in schools all the way through the universities

right now are counter to what we know the psychological science teaches us. Who would

have thought 18 months ago, whatever it's been, that we would be sitting here today still

in a pandemic, still in partial shutdowns, still with kids going to school, at least going

to school, but with mask on, some still with social distancing, some kids still taking

the option of remote learning and all. When this started, I think everybody thought,

well, maybe a few weeks, maybe not, but here we are and we're approaching the end of

another school year. I am very, very concerned about it and I am very fortunate, very blessed

to have a good friend and colleague in Dr. Michelle Borba. She is here today and let me tell

you a little about her if you don't know. She is an internationally renowned educator.

She is an award-winning author. Her current book, by the way, I'll show you right now

is Thrive-ers. Listen, she is not a theoretician. Thrive-ers is a great book. It is the surprising

reasons why some kids struggle and others shine and we're going to talk about that some

today, but she is recognized for her solution-based strategies to strengthening children's character,

their resilience and reducing peer cruelty. When I say she is not a theoretician, of course

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