Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting
Julie Lythcott-Haims: Kako odgojiti uspješnu djecu bez pretjerivanja s roditeljstvom
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.
stručnjak za roditeljstvo.
in parenting, per Se.
ne zanima me pretjerano.
of parenting these days
jedan stil roditeljstva
to develop into theirselves.
of parenting these days
veoma se brinući
being very concerned
in the lives of their kids
uključeni u život svoje djece,
going on there as well,
a kid can't be successful
ne može biti uspješno
i sprječavaju na svakom koraku,
and preventing at every turn
svime što se događa,
and micromanaging every moment,
fakulteta i karijera.
some small subset of colleges and careers.
in raising my two teenagers,
unaprijed su isplanirana.
a kind of checklisted childhood.
childhood looks like.
they go to the right schools,
da idu u dobre škole,
at the right schools,
imaju dobre ocjene.
in the right classes in the right schools.
već i priznanja, nagrade,
but the accolades and the awards
the activities, the leadership.
want to see that.
da ti je stalo do drugih.
you care about others.
hoped-for degree of perfection.
neka zamišljena diploma savršenstva.
to perform at a level of perfection
savršenu raznu postignuća,
to perform at ourselves,
svađati sa svakim nastavnikom,
have to argue with every teacher
prepirući se, prigovarajući,
nagging as the case may be,
sve rade kako treba,
to be a kid in this checklisted childhood.
isplaniranog djetinjstva.
za slobodnu igru.
no time for free play.
has to be enriching, we think.
svaki test, svaka aktivnost
every quiz, every activity
koju za njih sanjamo
for this future we have in mind for them,
of helping out around the house,
of getting enough sleep
the items on their checklist.
we say we just want them to be happy,
kažemo da samo želimo da budu sretni,
kao treneri s izložbe pasa u Westminsteru,
at the Westminster Dog Show --
and soar a little farther,
i vinu se još malo dalje,
be interested in studying
da upadnem na dobar fakultet?"
to get into the right college?"
start to roll in in high school,
ikada uspio upisati dobar fakultet?"
into the right college with these grades?"
at the end of high school,
rekli: "Dovoljno ste napravili,
had said, "What you've done is enough,
in childhood is enough."
anksioznosti i depresije
under high rates of anxiety and depression
to have been worth it?
biti vrijedan svega toga?
it's all worth it.
they will have no future
kako nemaju budućnost
od šačice fakulteta i karijera
tiny set of colleges or careers
kojom se možemo hvaliti
on the backs of our cars.
na pozadini automobila.
to really look at it,
da njihova vrijednost proizlazi
think their worth comes
their precious developing minds
u njihovim dragocjenim umovima u razvoju,
Biti John Malkovich,
of the movie "Being John Malkovich,"
bez mene ne možeš postići."
achieve any of this without me."
and overdirection and hand-holding,
i držanjem za ruku,
da izgrade samoučinkovitost,
of the chance to build self-efficacy,
of the human psyche,
than that self-esteem they get
od samopouzdanja koje dobiju
da naša vlastita djela daju rezultate,
that one's own actions lead to outcomes,
actions on one's behalf,
lead to outcomes.
samoučinkovitost, a moraju,
self-efficacy, and they must,
planirati, odlučivati,
of the thinking, planning, deciding,
pokušavati i griješiti,
i njihovih interesa u svojem životu,
or interest in their lives,
grades and scores and accolades and awards
prosjek, priznanja i nagrade
željenom upisu na šačicu fakulteta
admission to a tiny number of colleges
of success for our kids.
definicije uspjeha za našu djecu.
neke kratkoročne pobjede
achieve some short-term wins
if we help them do their homework,
pomognemo li im sa zadaćom,
childhood résumé when we help --
biti duža uz našu pomoć -
comes at a long-term cost
we should be less concerned
to apply to or might get into
ili ih upisati,
the habits, the mindset, the skill set,
navike, stav, vještine,
wherever they go.
less obsessed with grades and scores
ocjenama i prosjecima
a foundation for their success
osnova uspjeha
Did I just say chores? I really did.
Zbilja jesam.
of humans ever conducted
longitudinalno istraživanje ljudi
success in life,
comes from having done chores as a kid,
kućanskih poslova u djetinjstvu,
and-pitch-in mindset,
zasučemo rukave i pomognemo,
mora biti obavljen,
there's some unpleasant work,
it might as well be me,
poboljšanju cjeline,
to the betterment of the whole,
in the workplace.
u isplaniranom djetinjstvu,
in the checklisted childhood,
the work of chores around the house,
kućanskih poslova,
as young adults in the workplace
lacking the impulse, the instinct
how can I be useful to my colleagues?
"Kako mogu pomoći kolegama?
što bi moj šef mogao zatrebati?"
to what my boss might need?
from the Harvard Grant Study
our friends, our family.
prijateljima, obitelji.
our kids how to love,
mora naučiti voljeti,
if they don't first love themselves,
ako prvo ne vole sebe,
ne pružimo li im bezuvjetnu ljubav.
if we can't offer them unconditional love.
with grades and scores
ocjenama i prosjekom,
come home from school,
put away our phones,
the joy that fills our faces
kako nam radost obasjava lice
for the first time in a few hours.
vidimo svoju djecu.
says, "Lunch," like mine did,
"Užina", kao moja,
take an interest in lunch.
about lunch today?"
super u vezi s užinom?"
they matter to us as humans,
chores and love,
kućanski poslovi i ljubav,
but give me a break.
top scores and grades
vrhunske rezultate i ocjene,
and I'm going to tell you, sort of.
a ja ću vam reći da to i nije baš tako.
are asking that of our young adults,
traže to od naših mladih,
rankings racket would have us believe --
liste najboljih škola žele uvjeriti -
neku od razvikanih škola,
of the biggest brand name schools
sretni i uspješni.
went to state school,
pohađali su državne škole,
no one has heard of,
and flunked out.
pa s njega izletjeli.
is in our communities,
at a few more colleges,
from the equation,
tu istinu i shvatiti
this truth and then realize,
of those big brand-name schools.
according to a tyrannical checklist
on their own volition,
Sawyer and Avery.
to carefully clip and prune
form of a human
to warrant them admission
da im osigura upis
highly selective colleges.
with thousands of other people's kids --
radeći s tisućama tuđe djece -
a nourishing environment,
njegujuću okolinu,
love others and receive love
i primali ljubav,
what I would have them become,
ono što ja želim,
najboljih verzija sebe.
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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