Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting
Julie Lythcott-Haims: Cómo criar hijos exitosos, sin sobreprotegerlos
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.
en crianza de hijos.
en la crianza de los hijos, per se.
in parenting, per Se.
of parenting these days
de crianza en estos días
de convertirse en ellos mismos.
to develop into theirselves.
crianza en estos días
of parenting these days
being very concerned
lo suficiente en la vida de sus hijos
in the lives of their kids
going on there as well,
el niño no puede tener éxito
a kid can't be successful
esté protegiendo en todo momento
and preventing at every turn
y microgestione cada momento
and micromanaging every moment,
some small subset of colleges and careers.
de universidades y carreras.
niños de esta manera,
de mis dos adolescentes,
in raising my two teenagers,
una lista de chequeo de infancia.
a kind of checklisted childhood.
childhood looks like.
lista de chequeo de infancia.
que van a las escuelas adecuadas,
they go to the right schools,
en las escuelas adecuadas
at the right schools,
in the right classes in the right schools.
en las clases y escuelas adecuadas.
los reconocimientos y los premios
but the accolades and the awards
el liderazgo.
the activities, the leadership.
a las universidades les gusta.
want to see that.
servicio comunitario.
que se preocupan por los demás.
you care about others.
hoped-for degree of perfection.
cierto grado de perfección.
rindan a un nivel de perfección
to perform at a level of perfection
to perform at ourselves,
que hablar con todos los maestros
have to argue with every teacher
nuestros hijos preciosos,
regañando, lo que sea,
nagging as the case may be,
no están metiendo la pata,
todos los solicitantes.
to be a kid in this checklisted childhood.
con esta lista de infancia.
tiempo para el juego libre.
no time for free play.
ser enriquecedor, pensamos.
has to be enriching, we think.
cada prueba, cada actividad
every quiz, every activity
que tenemos en mente para ellos
for this future we have in mind for them,
of helping out around the house,
dormir lo suficiente
of getting enough sleep
temas en la lista de chequeo.
the items on their checklist.
we say we just want them to be happy,
que solo queremos que sean felices,
que nuestro amor,
at the Westminster Dog Show --
un entrenador para un concurso de perros,
and soar a little farther,
poco más alto y un poco más lejos,
"Bueno, qué me gustaría estudiar
be interested in studying
en la universidad adecuada?"
to get into the right college?"
empiezan las calificaciones
start to roll in in high school,
into the right college with these grades?"
universidad adecuada con estas notas?"
a parar al final de la preparatoria,
at the end of high school,
dicho: "Has hecho lo suficiente,
had said, "What you've done is enough,
infancia es suficiente".
in childhood is enough."
under high rates of anxiety and depression
altas tasas de ansiedad y depresión
to have been worth it?
seguros de que todo vale la pena.
it's all worth it.
que no tienen ningún futuro
they will have no future
tiny set of colleges or careers
de universidades o carreras
del que podamos presumir
on the backs of our cars.
calcomanías en nuestros vehículos.
to really look at it,
a nuestros niños que su valor viene
think their worth comes
sus preciosas mentes en desarrollo
their precious developing minds
como si fueran nuestra versión
of the movie "Being John Malkovich,"
"Quieres ser John Malkovich",
achieve any of this without me."
lograr algo sin mí".
y con llevarlos de la mano
and overdirection and hand-holding,
de construir una autoeficacia,
of the chance to build self-efficacy,
of the human psyche,
de la psique humana,
la autoestima que reciben
than that self-esteem they get
that one's own actions lead to outcomes,
las acciones propias llevan a resultados,
actions on one's behalf,
en nuestro beneficio,
conducen a resultados.
lead to outcomes.
self-efficacy, and they must,
la autoeficacia, y la deben desarrollar,
planificar, decidir,
of the thinking, planning, deciding,
tratar y equivocarse,
y está motivado
el interés de los padres en sus vidas,
or interest in their lives,
resultados, reconocimientos, premios
grades and scores and accolades and awards
todo ello esperando
admission to a tiny number of colleges
pequeño grupo de ciertas universidades
de ciertas carreras,
reducida de éxito para nuestros hijos.
of success for our kids.
achieve some short-term wins
a alcanzar algunas metas a corto plazo
si les ayudamos a hacer sus tareas,
if we help them do their homework,
childhood résumé when we help --
currículo de infancia...
comes at a long-term cost
tiene un costo a largo plazo
estar menos preocupados
we should be less concerned
to apply to or might get into
los hábitos, mentalidades, habilidades,
the habits, the mindset, the skill set,
donde quiera que vayan.
wherever they go.
nuestros niños nos necesitan
less obsessed with grades and scores
con calificaciones y resultados
una base para su éxito
a foundation for their success
Did I just say chores? I really did.
Sí, tareas domésticas.
of humans ever conducted
realizado en seres humanos
profesional en la vida,
success in life,
para nuestros hijos,
domésticas en la niñez,
comes from having done chores as a kid,
and-pitch-in mindset,
hay un trabajo desagradable,
there's some unpleasant work,
y bien podría ser yo.
it might as well be me,
el mejoramiento del todo,
to the betterment of the whole,
sobresalir en el lugar de trabajo.
in the workplace.
Uds. lo saben.
in the checklisted childhood,
en la lista de infancia,
de hacer trabajo en casa
the work of chores around the house,
en el lugar de trabajo
as young adults in the workplace
del impulso, el instinto
lacking the impulse, the instinct
¿cómo puedo ser útil a mis colegas?
how can I be useful to my colleagues?
lo que podría necesitar mi jefe?
to what my boss might need?
from the Harvard Grant Study
del estudio Grant de Harvard
our friends, our family.
nuestros amigos, nuestra familia.
our kids how to love,
enseñar a nuestros hijos como amar,
no se aman a sí mismos en primer lugar,
if they don't first love themselves,
if we can't offer them unconditional love.
les podemos ofrecer amor incondicional.
con calificaciones y resultados
with grades and scores
hijos lleguen de la escuela,
come home from school,
guardar nuestros teléfonos,
put away our phones,
que llena nuestras caras
the joy that fills our faces
por primera vez en unas pocas horas.
for the first time in a few hours.
"el almuerzo", como lo hace la mía,
says, "Lunch," like mine did,
la prueba de matemáticas,
interés en el almuerzo.
take an interest in lunch.
fue lo mejor del almuerzo.
about lunch today?"
para nosotros como seres humanos,
they matter to us as humans,
tareas domésticas y amor,
chores and love,
but give me a break.
puntuaciones y calificaciones
top scores and grades
y en cierto modo, tienen razón.
and I'm going to tell you, sort of.
are asking that of our young adults,
piden eso a sus aspirantes,
rankings racket would have us believe --
universidades nos quieren hacer creer,
las escuelas de marca cara
of the biggest brand name schools
fueron a la universidad estatal,
went to state school,
no one has heard of,
que nadie conoce,
and flunked out.
is in our communities,
en nuestras comunidades,
nuestras orejeras
at a few more colleges,
unas pocas universidades más,
from the equation,
nuestro esnobismo educativo
y luego darnos cuenta,
this truth and then realize,
esas escuelas de grandes marcas.
of those big brand-name schools.
con una tiránica lista de chequeo
according to a tyrannical checklist
on their own volition,
Sawyer and Avery.
mencionado, Sawyer y Avery.
a Sawyer y Avery
to carefully clip and prune
form of a human
como para garantizar la admisión
to warrant them admission
más altamente selectivas.
highly selective colleges.
with thousands of other people's kids --
con miles de niños de otras personas
a nourishing environment,
un ambiente nutritivo,
del trabajo doméstico
amar a los demás y recibir amor
love others and receive love
what I would have them become,
a ser lo que quiero que sean,
en sus maravillosos sí mismos.
in becoming their glorious selves.
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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