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New Book Critiques Parents Who Never Let their Children Experience Failure

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Demography Unplugged
Aug 25, 2015
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In Jessica Lahey’s new book The Gift of Failure, she critiques parents who go above and beyond to ensure that their children will never experience failure. While Lahey does make a few good observations, the fact of the matter is that in a world filled with success-obsessed parents, no one is ready to be the first to champion their kids’ defeats.

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