Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eliza Anderson, Deseret News Russell Shaw thinks it’s time for parents to let their kids fail more. As the head of Georgetown Day ...

Failure is usually treated like a pothole we should ideally swerve around, but kids need to hit at least a few of them for the sake of their own personal development. Not on purpose, of course, just ...

An epidemic of plummeting school standards is spreading throughout the nation in the name of “helping” kids. Alas, it’ll do anything but. Portland schools are mulling the idea of letting kids get away ...

Failure is not separate from learning. When a child fails, something essential happens — which we see if we are attentive. In this world of comparison, failure can turn into shame. We live in a ...

Ever catch yourself swooping in to fix every little problem for your child? It feels natural to want to protect them, but more parents are starting to do the opposite. They’re stepping back and ...

I meet with a lot of adolescents. And right around this time of year I find that these often difficult, headstrong, defiant kids soften up and start freaking out (not a psychological term but a real ...

Like any parent or guardian, you want to give your kiddos everything they need to succeed. If you can afford it, you send them to the best schools, hire the best tutors and coaches, and get them ...

Russell Shaw thinks it’s time for parents to let their kids fail more. As the head of Georgetown Day School, he wrote in The Atlantic recently that he was disturbed when a mother came to complain to ...