The Gift of Failure in Intelligent Life, Sept/Oct 2015

"When Success Leads to Failure,"The Atlantic
"The Gift of Failure,"New York Times
"If Your Kid Left His Term Paper At Domicile, Don't Bring It To Him"New York Magazine
"Books That Inverse My Mind This Year,"Fortune
"New Book Suggests Parents Learn to Let Kids Fail,"United states Today
"vii Rules for Raising Self-Reliant Children,"Forbes
"Before Y'all Allow Your Child Fail, Read This,"Huffington Post
"How Schools Are Handling an Overparenting Crunch," NPR
"Why Failure Hits Girls And then Hard,"Time
"The Value of a Mess," Slate
"4 Reasons Why Every Educator Should Read 'The Gift of Failure,'"Within Higher Ed
"Why We Should Let Our Children Neglect,"The Guardian (UK)
"Shelly'south Bookworms: The Gift of Failure," WFAA Dallas
"Why I Don't Desire My Kids to be Lazy Similar Me," Yahoo Parenting
"Jessica Lahey," Celia Walden for The Telegraph (United kingdom)
"How to To Give Your Child The Gift of Failure,"Huffington Post
"The Gift of Failure," Doug Fabrizio, Radio West
"In the Author'southward Vocalization: The Souvenir of Failure," WISU / NPR
"The Souvenir of Failure," The Good Life Project
"Giving Our Children the Gift of Failure," ScaryMommy
"Lyme Resident's Volume Challenges Parents and Kids on Failure,"Valley News
"The Souvenir of Failure,"The Jewish Press

New York Times review:
"'The ugly and wonderful truth about middle school,' [Lahey] says, is that 'failure is not an if proposition, it's a matter of when.' Or information technology used to exist. At present that parents shelter their children every step of the way, nosotros take 'failure deprived' college students (as administrators at Stanford and Harvard telephone call them) and entitled, anxious 20-somethings who can't function in a world that'south sometimes cold or cruel or indifferent. So how tin teachers snatch back their critical role and requite children the necessary infinite to fail? They could beginning by making parents read Lahey." (Read the residue of the review, in the August 23, 2022 edition of the New York Timeshere.)

Praise for The Gift of Failure

"It's hard to enlarge the importance of this book.The Gift of Failure is beautifully written; information technology's securely researched; but most of all information technology's the one volume we all need to read if we want to instill the side by side generation with confidence and joy."Susan Cain, author of QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a Earth That Can't Stop Talking

"An important, thoughtfully balanced volume aimed at shifting thinking and providing concrete steps toward encouraging positive—and realistic—self-image development." Kirkus Reviews

"'Failure-avoidant' parenting would seem, on the surface, to be synonymous with good parenting. Children stay safe, go into good colleges, and seem happier, at to the lowest degree in the moment. Debut author Lahey proposes, all the same, that parents volition ultimately serve their children ameliorate by allowing them to stand on their ain abilities and feel the occasional failure.[...]  Lahey has many wise and helpful words similar these—ones that whatever parent can and should embrace." Publishers Weekly

"This fascinating, thought-provoking book shows that to aid children succeed, we must let them to fail. Essential reading for parents, teachers, coaches, psychologists, and anyone else who wants to guide children towards lives of independence, creativity, and courage." Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project

"Instead of lecturing us about what we're doing wrong, Jessica Lahey reveals what she did wrong with her own children and students -- and how she systematically reformed her means. A refreshing, applied book for parents who desire to enhance resilient kids but aren't sure how to start." Amanda Ripley, author of The Smartest Kids in the Globe: And How They Got That Mode

"Lahey offers one of the most of import parenting messages of our times: Unless nosotros allow our children to learn how to take on challenges, they won't thrive in school and in life. Her extremely helpful book tells her story, compiles inquiry, and provides hundreds of doable suggestions."Ellen Galinsky, author of Mind in the Making: The Vii Essential Life Skills Every Kid Needs

"How tin can nosotros assistance our children grow to exist resourceful, happy adults? Lahey shows in practical terms how to know what your kid is gear up for and how to offer support even as you lot encourage autonomy. A wise, engaging book, steeped in scientific enquiry and tempered with common sense."Daniel T. Willingham ,author of Why Don't Students Similar School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

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"I have a son inbound middle school this fall, and then The Gift of Failure past Jessica Lahey was a gift to me. With common-sense communication on how to stand dorsum and let your children larn through their mistakes—including an entire chapter on navigating the hormone-drenched heart school years—this book is one of my new favorite parenting manuals. Lahey is a warm, engaging author who spent years in the trenches equally a middle school Latin and English language teacher. She advocates a lovingly hands-off approach that instills confidence from an early age."BookPage

"Finally, an antitoxin to the hysteria! Through an artful combination of anecdote and research, Jessica Lahey delivers a lesson that moms and dads desperately need to larn and secretly wish to hear: That failure is vital to children's success. Any parent who pines for a saner, more informed approach to child-rearing—to say cipher of a sounder dark'due south sleep—should read this volume. A compassionate mother and defended educator, Jessica Lahey knows exactly, authentically, and authoritatively of what she speaks." Jennifer Senior, author of All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

Lahey'southward conversational tone, combined with research and narratives from both children and parents, delivers in-depth insight into the value of mistakes. With capacity on specific historic period groups (middle schoolers and loftier schoolers) and hot-button issues, such as household chores, homework, and friendships, any parent who needs assistance reining in the supermom tendencies will find sound advice here. Library Journal