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“Kids who learn early in life that they're capable of mastering activities that at first feel a little stressful grow up better able to handle stress of all kinds.”

Kids Stress Montessori

Book:Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World

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“Learning in an interactive setting as opposed to a passive one is conducive to the mix of soft and academic skills we're looking to develop in our kids.”

Learning Interactive Montessori Soft Skills

Book:Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World

Source: Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World

“Three psychosocial achievements - a sense of self, the belief that we can have an impact on our circumstances, and the ability to regulate our emotions - allow us to handle challenges, setbacks, and disappointments. These attributes are the scaffolding upon which intimacy, meaning, and mental health are built. Ultimately, autonomy - being capable of both healthy separation and healthy connection - signals the successful completion of adolescent tasks. In almost all cultures, adolescence begins with a bold psychological move away from parents and ends with a mature return to the family relationship and an expanded repertoire of friendships and intimate relationships.”

Adolescence Autonomy

Book:Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World

Source: Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World

“Parents who have more than one child are very aware that, while we certainly have an impact on our child's development, it has as much to do with them as with us. "I can't believe how different my kids are" should inform us that child development is an uneven process only partly tied to parenting (and no one knows exactly how much that "partly" is).”

Parenting Child Development

Book:Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World

Source: Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World

“...many of my young patients are genuinely incapable of managing their own lives. Their parents have taken the reins...They have reached the conclusion that not only are they poorly equipped to deal with life, there's nothing they can do about it. They have no options or sense of agency. The term for that is learned helplessness: the belief that nothing you do can impact your environment. Accumulated disability is "I don't have the skills to do this." Learned helplessness is "It doesn't matter what I do. I'm powerless." These two conditions are intertwined - the teenagers' accumulated disabilities give credence to their belief that they don't have the skills or courage to change their situation.”

Teens Learned Helplessness Accumulated Disability

Book:Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World

Source: Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World