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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.
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I am with Lythcott-Haims in spreading this message. I told my class today – their generation will see paradigm shifts with respect to parenting, education, and extracurricular activities. When you consider the movements to educate parents on how to behave – the future looks very exciting.

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