Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting
Julie-Lythcott-Haims: Como criar filhos bem-sucedidos - sem envolvimento demasiado dos pais
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.
especialista em criação dos filhos.
in parenting, per Se.
por habilidades parentais, per se.
of parenting these days
de educação dos filhos
to develop into theirselves.
de tornarem-se elas mesmas.
of parenting these days
de educação dos filhos
being very concerned
o suficiente com suas crianças,
in the lives of their kids
going on there as well,
não pode ser bem-sucedida
a kid can't be successful
and preventing at every turn
a previnam a cada momento,
and micromanaging every moment,
a vistoriem a todo momento,
subgrupo de faculdades e carreiras.
some small subset of colleges and careers.
in raising my two teenagers,
ao criar meus dois adolescentes,
de infância com lista de afazeres.
a kind of checklisted childhood.
childhood looks like.
com lista de afazeres:
às escolas certas, mas não para aí.
they go to the right schools,
at the right schools,
nas escolas certas,
nas aulas e nas escolas certas.
in the right classes in the right schools.
mas distinções e prêmios,
but the accolades and the awards
the activities, the leadership.
a um grêmio, mas criem um,
want to see that.
que se importam com outros.
you care about others.
de alcançar um grau de perfeição.
hoped-for degree of perfection.
se desempenhem com nível de perfeição
to perform at a level of perfection
to perform at ourselves,
que discutir com todos professores
have to argue with every teacher
nagging as the case may be,
brigando, persistindo conforme o caso,
to be a kid in this checklisted childhood.
com lista de afazeres.
para brincar livremente.
no time for free play.
as aulas, pensamos.
has to be enriching, we think.
every quiz, every activity
cada teste, cada atividade
que nós temos em mente para eles,
for this future we have in mind for them,
of helping out around the house,
de dormir o suficiente
of getting enough sleep
the items on their checklist.
dos itens em suas listas.
we say we just want them to be happy,
só queremos que sejam felizes,
at the Westminster Dog Show --
num show de cachorros de Westminster,
and soar a little farther,
e a subirem mais adiante,
be interested in studying
me interessar em estudar ou fazer?"
to get into the right college?"
para entrar na faculdade certa?"
a rolar no ensino médio,
start to roll in in high school,
para os amigos dizendo:
into the right college with these grades?"
certa com essas notas?"
at the end of high school,
estejam no final do ensino médio,
em suas vidas tivessem dito:
had said, "What you've done is enough,
in childhood is enough."
na infância já está bom".
under high rates of anxiety and depression
da ansiedade e depressão
to have been worth it?
valendo a pena?"
de que vale a pena.
it's all worth it.
they will have no future
pensássemos que não haverá futuro
tiny set of colleges or careers
ou carreira daquele grupo seleto,
do qual poderemos nos gabar
on the backs of our cars.
na traseira dos nossos carros.
to really look at it,
crianças pensam que seu valor
think their worth comes
dessas mentes preciosas em desenvolvimento
their precious developing minds
do filme "Quero ser John Malkovich",
of the movie "Being John Malkovich,"
achieve any of this without me."
realizar nada disso sem mim".
superdirecionamento e mãos dadas,
and overdirection and hand-holding,
of the chance to build self-efficacy,
da oportunidade de criarem auto-eficácia,
of the human psyche,
da psique humana,
than that self-esteem they get
do que a autoestima que conseguem
that one's own actions lead to outcomes,
vemos que nossas ações levam a resultados,
actions on one's behalf,
ações levam a resultados.
lead to outcomes.
self-efficacy, and they must,
auto-eficiência, e eles devem,
do pensar, planejar, decidir,
of the thinking, planning, deciding,
duro e é motivada
ou interesse dos pais em sua vida,
or interest in their lives,
nos afastar e abandoná-la?
notas e pontos, distinções e prêmios
grades and scores and accolades and awards
admission to a tiny number of colleges
num seleto número de faculdades
número de carreiras,
of success for our kids.
muito restrita para os nossos filhos.
ganhos de curto prazo ajudando demais,
achieve some short-term wins
if we help them do their homework,
se os ajudamos na lição de casa,
mais longo quando os ajudamos.
childhood résumé when we help --
comes at a long-term cost
vem com um custo a longo prazo
nos preocupar menos
we should be less concerned
em que possam se candidatar ou ingressar
to apply to or might get into
os hábitos, a mentalidade, as habilidades,
the habits, the mindset, the skill set,
onde quer que forem.
wherever they go.
de nós menos obcecados com notas e pontos
less obsessed with grades and scores
a foundation for their success
para o seu sucesso na infância,
Did I just say chores? I really did.
of humans ever conducted
de humanos já feito
profissional na vida,
success in life,
domésticas quando crianças,
comes from having done chores as a kid,
as mangas, contribuir, e dizer:
and-pitch-in mindset,
there's some unpleasant work,
precisa fazê-la, então que seja eu".
it might as well be me,
to the betterment of the whole,
para a melhoria do todo".
no ambiente de trabalho.
in the workplace.
na infância com lista de afazeres,
in the checklisted childhood,
de fazer as tarefas domésticas,
the work of chores around the house,
as young adults in the workplace
no ambiente de trabalho
lacking the impulse, the instinct
carecendo do impulso,
as mangas e colaborar,
how can I be useful to my colleagues?
"Como posso ser útil aos meus colegas?
to what my boss might need?
de algo que o meu chefe pode precisar?"
from the Harvard Grant Study
do Harvard Grant Study
our friends, our family.
nossos amigos, família.
ensinar nossos filhos como amar,
our kids how to love,
se não amarem a si mesmos primeiro,
if they don't first love themselves,
if we can't offer them unconditional love.
se não oferecermos amor incondicional.
com notas e pontos
with grades and scores
vêm para casa da escola,
come home from school,
put away our phones,
guardar os telefones,
a alegria que transparece em nossos rostos
the joy that fills our faces
pela primeira vez após algumas horas.
for the first time in a few hours.
"Do almoço", como a minha,
says, "Lunch," like mine did,
take an interest in lunch.
interessados no almoço.
tão bom no almoço de hoje?"
about lunch today?"
para nós como humanos,
they matter to us as humans,
chores and love,
me parece correto, mas me dá um tempo".
but give me a break.
notas e pontos altos,
top scores and grades
and I'm going to tell you, sort of.
are asking that of our young adults,
rankings racket would have us believe --
de faculdades nos faria crer,
of the biggest brand name schools
das escolas mais famosas
e bem-sucedidos na vida.
estudaram em faculdades estaduais,
went to state school,
no one has heard of,
que nunca ouvimos falar,
ou numa faculdade aqui e bombaram.
and flunked out.
is in our communities,
nas nossas comunidades,
at a few more colleges,
algumas outras faculdades,
from the equation,
próprios egos da equação,
this truth and then realize,
esta verdade e daí perceberíamos
of those big brand-name schools.
numa daquelas faculdades famosas.
according to a tyrannical checklist
não foi vivida de acordo
on their own volition,
Sawyer and Avery.
Sawyer e Avery.
meu Sawyer e minha Avery
to carefully clip and prune
form of a human
para garantir a entrada deles
to warrant them admission
highly selective colleges.
with thousands of other people's kids --
com milhares de filhos dos outros,
um ambiente propício,
a nourishing environment,
amar outros e receber amor.
love others and receive love
e a carreira fica por conta deles.
what I would have them become,
o que eu faria com que se tornassem,
in becoming their glorious selves.
os seres gloriosos que serão.
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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