This is a podcast that features interviews and conversations with authors, parents, child development experts. It'll also feature conversations with "kids" (i.e. teens and others,) and parents living in the Bay Area. Feel free to send me your show ideas. Podcast art: Annie Dills (https://www.anniedills.com/) Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sarah-lai-stirland/support
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In this episode, I talk to Julie Lythcott-Haims, the author of "How to Raise An Adult." Lythcott-Haims talks to us about "existential impotence;" the need to let our kids experience failure; how to think about and navigate the college admittance process; and her own journey as a parent. It's a powerful and informative chat. Download it now! Julie L…
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Author Paul Tough on "The years that matter most: How college makes or breaks us."
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In his quest to understand the realities behind the modern higher education industrial complex, author Paul Tough spent six years traveling across 21 states visiting college campuses, corporate officers, labs and people's homes and schools. He talked to high school students in various socioeconomic strata, test prep business people, college admissi…
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What If Everything You Know About Discipline Is Wrong?
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In her new book "The Good News About Bad Behavior," author and journalist Katherine Reynolds Lewis argues that we need to be better investigators and communicators within our own families in order to understand how to prevent conflicts. Among other things, we discuss the essential elements of connecting with your kids in a healthy way, why building…
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