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TED RADIO HOUR TURNING KIDS INTO GROWN-UPS

Former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims says overinvolved parents prevent kids from developing ...
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12.09 12 Apr 2018


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TED RADIO HOUR TURNING KIDS INTO GROWN-UPS

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12.09 12 Apr 2018


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Former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims says overinvolved parents prevent kids from developing agency. She urges parents to focus on what's more important: unconditional love ... and chores.

 

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Writer and former firefighter Caroline Paul argues that in order to raise confident girls, parents must encourage them to take risks and have the same kinds of adventures boys do.

 

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Author Peggy Orenstein warns if parents don't educate kids about sex -- the media will. She says that leads to risky behavior -- and keeps young women from expecting equality in sexual relationships.         

 Children in war zones experience unimaginable hardship, says Dr. Aala El-Khani. She says parents must play a major role in helping children survive -- even thrive -- in the wake of trauma.

Spoken word poet Sarah Kay imagines what it would like to raise a child in a world of happiness, heartache, and everything in between.

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