Recommended Literature for Adults & Parents

Counselor Book Recommendations for Adults and Parents

What Every (Great) Parent Should Know About the Mindset of Success - A Fine ParentHow many of you woke up this morning thinking “I wonder what I can do today to undermine my children, subvert their effort, turn them off learning and limit their achievement”? Not one of you, I bet! Almost universally, what we parents want is — a) for our kids to grow up to be happy, …

The power of believing that you can improveCarol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain's capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk, she describes two ways to think about a problem that’s slightly too hard for you to solve. Are you not smart enough to solve it … or have you just not solved it yet? A great introduction to this influential field.

Transcript of "How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting"TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript: By loading kids with high expectations and micromanaging their lives at every turn, parents aren't actually helping. At least, that's how Julie Lythcott-Haims sees it. With passion and wry humor, the former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford makes the case for parents to stop defining their children's success via grades and test scores. Instead, she says, they should focus on providing the oldest idea of all: unconditional love.

The happy secret to better workWe believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that, actually, happiness inspires us to be more productive.

How Parents Are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood (Published 2019)Today’s “snowplow parents” keep their children’s futures obstacle-free — even when it means crossing ethical and legal boundaries.

Why Are Kids Impatient, Bored, Friendless, and Entitled?I understand that many would choose not to hear what Victoria Prooday says in the article, but your kids need you to hear this message.

All Work and No Play:

Why Your Kids are More Anxious, Depressed

What is Neuroplasticity? - Center for Healthy Minds

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