Happy Day, Friend!

Have you ever wondered when you give your kids points, stars, money, or rewards of any kind why there isn’t a lasting correlative behavior change?

We can all be caught in that cycle! Points and rewards matter, but we are making them matter too much.

Our best intentions to help our kids and students succeed can actually backfire and have the opposite effect.

So, what can we do to help our kids and students grow into independent, critical thinking, and hard-working young adults?

I had the opportunity to chat with Jessica Lahey, the New York Time’s bestselling author of The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, and she shares tons of great insights and information to help us all be the best educators, leaders, and parents we can be.

We talk about all the things related to failure, motivation, rewards, and kids, including:

~ How to help our kids and students do well and succeed without solely focusing on rewards;

~ How to let our kids and students fail, but keep strong expectations and boundaries;

~ How to become an autonomous supportive parent versus directive parent, and why that distinction is important;

~ How the fear of failure impacts various social and economic classes;

~ Tip + tools to help parents and teachers cultivate autonomy, competence, and connection in student/child relationships; and

~ So much more!

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Happy listening!

XO ~ Athea

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