Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting
جولي ليثكت هايمز: كيفية تربية أبناء ناجحين - دون الإفراط في ذلك
Julie Lythcott-Haims speaks and writes on the phenomenon of helicopter parenting and the dangers of a checklisted childhood -- the subject of her book, "How to Raise an Adult." Full bio
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to be a parenting expert.
in parenting, per Se.
بتربية الأبناء، في حد ذاتها.
of parenting these days
to develop into theirselves.
of parenting these days
being very concerned
in the lives of their kids
بما فيه الكفاية في حياة أبنائهم
going on there as well,
a kid can't be successful
and preventing at every turn
للأب أو الأم
and micromanaging every moment,
وتسيير كل لحظة ،
some small subset of colleges and careers.
صغيرة من الجامعات والمهن.
in raising my two teenagers,
أنني وخلال تربيتي لولداي المراهقين،
a kind of checklisted childhood.
مرسومة ومحددة.
childhood looks like.
they go to the right schools,
المدارس المناسبة،
at the right schools,
في الصفوف المناسبة في المدارس المناسبة.
in the right classes in the right schools.
but the accolades and the awards
the activities, the leadership.
لا تنضموا إلى نادٍ ما فقط،
لأن الجامعات تريد أن ترى ذلك.
want to see that.
you care about others.
hoped-for degree of perfection.
إلى درجة من الكمال.
على مستوى معين من الكمال
to perform at a level of perfection
to perform at ourselves,
have to argue with every teacher
nagging as the case may be,
ومساومتهم ومضايقتهم إذا تطلب الأمر،
to be a kid in this checklisted childhood.
هذه الطفولة المرسومة.
no time for free play.
has to be enriching, we think.
every quiz, every activity
كل مسابقة، كل نشاط
for this future we have in mind for them,
لهذا المستقبل الذي نتصوره لهم،
of helping out around the house,
في الأعمال المنزلية،
of getting enough sleep
القدر الكافي من النوم
the items on their checklist.
المدرجة على قائمتهم.
we say we just want them to be happy,
نقول أننا نريد فقط أن يكونوا سعداء،
at the Westminster Dog Show --
مثل مدرب في برنامج استعراضي للكلاب -
and soar a little farther,
والتحليق أبعد قليلاً،
be interested in studying
الذي أرغب في دراسته؟
to get into the right college?"
للذهاب للجامعة المناسبة؟"
start to roll in in high school,
في المدرسة الثانوية،
into the right college with these grades?"
للجامعة المناسبة بدرجات كهذه؟"
at the end of high school,
بعد المرحلة الثانوية،
had said, "What you've done is enough,
قالوا: "ما قمتَ به كاف،
in childhood is enough."
under high rates of anxiety and depression
من القلق والاكتئاب
to have been worth it?
كل هذا العناء.
it's all worth it.
الأمر يستحق كل هذا العناء.
they will have no future
tiny set of colleges or careers
on the backs of our cars.
to really look at it,
think their worth comes
أن قيمتهم مقرونة
their precious developing minds
عقولهم الغالية الموجودة قيد التطوير
of the movie "Being John Malkovich,"
من فيلم "أن تكون جون مالكوفيتش "
achieve any of this without me."
فعلاً تحقيق أي من هذا بدوني".
and overdirection and hand-holding,
وأخذنا بأيديهم،
of the chance to build self-efficacy,
الكفاءة الذاتية،
of the human psyche,
than that self-esteem they get
that one's own actions lead to outcomes,
أن أفعاله تؤدي إلى نتائج،
actions on one's behalf,
lead to outcomes.
إلى نتائج.
self-efficacy, and they must,
ويجب عليهم ذلك،
of the thinking, planning, deciding,
التفكير والتخطيط واتخاذ القرار
or interest in their lives,
أو اهتمامهم في حياتهم،
grades and scores and accolades and awards
والدرجات والأوسمة والجوائز
admission to a tiny number of colleges
صغيرة جدًا من الجامعات
of success for our kids.
بالنسبة لأطفالنا.
achieve some short-term wins
بعض المكاسب القصيرة الأمد
if we help them do their homework,
إذا ساعدناهم في أداء الواجبات،
childhood résumé when we help --
لطفولتهم عندما نساعدهم -
comes at a long-term cost
مقابل تكلفة طويلة الأمد
we should be less concerned
to apply to or might get into
the habits, the mindset, the skill set,
العادات وطريقة التفكير والمهارات،
wherever they go.
less obsessed with grades and scores
بالرتب والدرجات
a foundation for their success
Did I just say chores? I really did.
نعم.
of humans ever conducted
success in life,
comes from having done chores as a kid,
الأشغال المنزلية خلال الطفولة،
and-pitch-in mindset,
there's some unpleasant work,
هناك بعض الأعمال غير السارة،
it might as well be me,
لم لا أكون أنا ذلك الشخص؟
to the betterment of the whole,
in the workplace.
أنتم تعرفون هذا.
in the checklisted childhood,
تلك الطفولة المرسومة،
the work of chores around the house,
بالأشغال المنزلية،
as young adults in the workplace
lacking the impulse, the instinct
إلى الدافع والغريزة
how can I be useful to my colleagues?
كيف يمكنني مساعدة زملائي؟
to what my boss might need?
from the Harvard Grant Study
لدراسة "هارفارد جرانت"
our friends, our family.
our kids how to love,
كيف يحبون،
if they don't first love themselves,
إذا لم يحبوا أنفسهم أولاً،
if we can't offer them unconditional love.
أن نقدم لهم حُبًا غير مشروط.
with grades and scores
بالرتب والدرجات
come home from school,
من المدرسة إلى البيت،
put away our phones,
وترك هواتفنا
the joy that fills our faces
for the first time in a few hours.
says, "Lunch," like mine did,
مثلما فعلت ابنتي،
اختبار الرياضيات،
take an interest in lunch.
about lunch today?"
they matter to us as humans,
بالنسبة لنا باعتبارهم بَشرًا،
chores and love,
أشغال منزلية وحب،
but give me a break.
top scores and grades
and I'm going to tell you, sort of.
وهذا صحيح نوعًا ما.
are asking that of our young adults,
rankings racket would have us believe --
of the biggest brand name schools
إلى إحدى المدارس الكبرى
went to state school,
ذهبوا لمدارس حكومية،
no one has heard of,
and flunked out.
is in our communities,
في مجتمعاتنا،
at a few more colleges,
بعين الاعتبار،
from the equation,
بنا من المعادلة،
this truth and then realize,
ثم ندرك،
of those big brand-name schools.
المدارس الكبرى.
according to a tyrannical checklist
مهام مستبدة
on their own volition,
Sawyer and Avery.
سوير وأفيري.
to carefully clip and prune
form of a human
to warrant them admission
highly selective colleges.
with thousands of other people's kids --
مع الآلاف من الأطفال -
a nourishing environment,
love others and receive love
what I would have them become,
in becoming their glorious selves.
رائعين في أنفسهم.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Julie Lythcott-Haims - Academic, authorJulie Lythcott-Haims speaks and writes on the phenomenon of helicopter parenting and the dangers of a checklisted childhood -- the subject of her book, "How to Raise an Adult."
Why you should listen
Julie Lythcott-Haims is the author of the New York Times best-selling book How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success. The book emerged from her decade as Stanford University's Dean of Freshmen, where she was known for her fierce advocacy for young adults and received the university's Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for creating "the" atmosphere that defines the undergraduate experience. She was also known for her fierce critique of the growing trend of parental involvement in the day-to-day lives of college students. Toward the end of her tenure as dean, she began speaking and writing widely on the harm of helicopter parenting. How to Raise an Adult is being published in over two dozen countries and gave rise to her TED Talk and a sequel which will be out in 2018. In the meantime, Lythcott-Haims's memoir on race, Real American, will be out in Fall 2017.
Lythcott-Haims is a graduate of Stanford University, Harvard Law School, and California College of the Arts. She lives in Silicon Valley with her partner of over twenty-five years, their two teenagers and her mother.
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