Parent Edge presents: Julie Lythcott-Haims author of NY Times Best Seller- How To Raise An Adult -October 29 at 7:00 PM

HOW TO RAISE AN ADULT- Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid For Success

JULIE LYTHCOTT-HAIMS

Throw Out the Check-Listed Childhood

In her New York Times bestseller, Julie Lythcott-Haims exposes the harms of helicopter parenting and sets forth an alternative philosophy for raising children to self-sufficient adulthood. While empathizing with the parental hopes and fears that lead to over-helping, Lythcott-Haims offers strategies that underline the importance of allowing children to make their own mistakes and develop the resilience, resourcefulness, and inner determination necessary for success.

“For parents who want to foster hearty self-reliance instead of hollow self-esteem, How to Raise an Adult is the right book at the right time” -- Daniel H. Pink, author of NYT bestsellers Drive and A Whole New Mind

“Witty, wise and dead-on, Julie Lythcott-Haims is a tonic for what ails this generation of kids and parents. A must-read for every parent who senses that there is a healthier and saner way to raise our children” -- Madeline Levine, author of NYT bestsellers The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well

A graduate of Stanford and Harvard Law, Julie Lythcott-Haims practiced law in the Bay Area before returning to Stanford as an Associate Dean, and then Assistant to the President. After that, she spent a decade as the Dean of Freshmen, a position she created in 2002. Almost 20,000 undergraduates matriculated on her watch, and in 2010 she received the university’s Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award. To her students she was affectionately known as “Dean Julie.” Lythcott-Haims stepped down from her work at Stanford in 2012 to pursue an MFA in Creative Writing at California College of the Arts. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband, teenagers, and her mother. Visit her website at www.howtoraiseanadult.com.

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