#553: Jessica Lahey on Parenting, Desirable Difficulties, The Gift of Failure, Self-Efficacy, and The Addiction Inoculation

Jessica Lahey on Parenting, Desirable Difficulties, The
Gift of Failure, Self-Efficacy, and The Addiction Inoculation |
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Jessica Lahey (@jesslahey) is the author of
the New York Times bestselling book The Gift of
Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children
Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising
Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. Over twenty years,
Jessica has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both
public and private schools and spent five years teaching in a
drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont. She currently
serves as a recovery coach at Sana at Stowe, a medical detox
and recovery center in Stowe, Vermont, where 100 percent of her
salary goes to a scholarship fund for young adults.


Jessica writes about education, parenting, and child welfare
for The Washington Post, The New York Times,
and The Atlantic, is a book critic for Air Mail, and
wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids’
award-winning The Stinky and Dirty Show. She co-hosts
the #AmWriting podcast with bestselling authors KJ
Dell’Antonia and Sarina Bowen from her house in Vermont, where
she lives with her husband, two sons, and a lot of dogs.


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